Measurements and uncertainties

1 What is the diameter of the sphere measured

below?

2 What is wrong with the data in the following table?

Mass/g ± 0.1 Diameter/cm ±0.01
12.4 2.5

3 The side of a cube is 5 ± 1 cm. Calculate :

% uncertainty in the side measurement

The volume of the cube

The absolute uncertainty in volume

The % uncertainty in volume

#
4 Rearrange 𝑉 = 𝜋𝑟 $ to make r the subject.
$

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