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Scientific Measurement: 3.1 Using and Expressing Measurements
Scientific Measurement: 3.1 Using and Expressing Measurements
Scientific Measurement: 3.1 Using and Expressing Measurements
Chapter 3
Scientific Measurement
Scientific Notation
3.0 x 105 =
6.0 x 102 ( )
3.0
6.0
x 105–2 = 0.5 x 103 = 5.0 x 102
= 7.6 x 10–2
Determining Error
• Suppose you use a thermometer to
measure the boiling point of pure water at
standard pressure.
Determining Error
• There is a difference between the
accepted value, which is the correct value
for the measurement based on reliable
references, and the experimental value,
the value measured in the lab.
Determining Error
• Error can be positive or negative,
depending on whether the experimental
value is greater than or less than the
accepted value.
Determining Error
• Often, it is useful to calculate the relative
error, or percent error, in addition to the
magnitude of the error.
KNOWNS
Experimental value = 99.1°C
Accepted value = 100.0°C
UNKNOWN
Percent error = ?
|error |
____________
Percent error = x 100%
accepted value
0.9°C
_______
= X 100 % = 0.9%
100.0°C
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3.1 Using and Expressing Measurements > Sample Problem 3.2
Significant Figures
• A meterstick calibrated in
0.1-m intervals is more
precise than one
calibrated in a 1-m
interval.
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3.1 Using and Expressing Measurements > Significant Figures
24.7 meters
0.743 meter
714 meters
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3.1 Using and Expressing Measurements > Significant Figures
7003 meters
40.79 meters
1.503 meters
43.00 meters
1.010 meters
9.000 meters
60 min = 1 hr
100 cm = 1 m
e. 0.070 80 m
f. 98,000 m
Rounding Measurements
Round off each measurement to the
number of significant figures shown in
parentheses. Write the answers in
scientific notation.
a. 314.721 meters (four)
b. 0.001 775 meter (two)
c. 8792 meters (two)
a. 314.721 meters
↑
2 is less than 5, so you do not round up.
c. 8792 meters
↑
9 is greater than 5, so round up.
a. 12.52 meters
349.0 meters
+ 8.24 meters
369.76 meters
The second
measurement (349.0
meters) has the a. least
12.52 meters
number of digits (one)
349.0 meters
to the right of the + 8.24 meters
decimal point. So,369.76
the meters
answer must be
rounded to one digit
369.8 meters = 3.698 x 102
after the decimal point.
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3.1 Using and Expressing Measurements > Sample Problem 3.5
b. 74.636 meters
- 28.34 meters
46.286 meters
The second
measurement (28.34
meters) has the b. least
74.636 meters
number of digits (two) to meters
- 28.34
the right of the decimal
46.286 meters
point. So, the answer
must be rounded to two
= 46.29 meters
digits after the decimal
= 4.629 x 101 meters
point.
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3.1 Using and Expressing Measurements > Significant Figures
|error |
____________
Percent error = x 100%
accepted value
END OF 3.1