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Q. A voltage is measured as 12.0 V with an uncertainty of ±0.2 V. What is the maximum possible voltage?
Q. A voltage is measured as 15.0 V with an uncertainty of ±0.3 V. What is the fractional error in the voltage measurement?
Q. A voltage measurement is taken as 220 V with an uncertainty of ±5 V. What is the absolute error?
Q. A volume is measured as 1000 mL with an error of 10 mL. What is the relative error?
Q. A volume is measured as 2.0 L with an uncertainty of ±0.1 L. If this volume is used to calculate density, what is the uncertainty in density if mass is measured as 4.0 kg with an uncertainty of ±0.2 kg?
Q. A volume is measured as 200 L with an error of 5 L. What is the relative error in percentage?
Q. A weight is measured as 10 kg with a relative error of 0.1. What is the absolute error?
Q. A weight is measured to be 50 kg with a possible error of 1 kg. What is the percentage error in the measurement?
Q. If a car's speed is measured as 60 km/h with an error of ±2 km/h, what is the range of possible speeds?
Q. If a length is measured as 250 m with an error of 5 m, what is the absolute error?
Q. If a length is measured as 30.0 cm with an uncertainty of ±0.2 cm, what is the maximum possible error?
Q. If a mass is measured as 75 kg with an error of 0.5 kg, what is the minimum possible mass?
Q. If a measurement of time is recorded as 15.0 s with an uncertainty of ±0.5 s, what is the total time range?
Q. If a temperature is recorded as 25°C with an error of ±0.5°C, what is the maximum possible temperature?
Q. If a temperature is recorded as 25°C with an error of ±0.5°C, what is the minimum temperature?
Q. If a thermometer reads 100°C with an error of ±0.5°C, what is the maximum possible temperature?
Q. If a volume is measured as 200 L with an error of 5 L, what is the range of possible volumes?
Q. If a weight is measured as 10 kg with a 0.2 kg error, what is the maximum possible true weight?
Q. If the area of a rectangle is calculated as 30 m² with an uncertainty of ±0.5 m², what is the relative error in the area measurement?
Q. If the area of a rectangle is calculated as 50 m² with a length of 10 m and an uncertainty of ±0.1 m in length, what is the uncertainty in the area?
Q. If the circumference of a circle is measured as 31.4 cm with an error of 0.2 cm, what is the radius?
Q. If the circumference of a circle is measured as 31.4 cm with an error of 0.2 cm, what is the percentage error?
Q. If the density of a substance is calculated as 8.0 g/cm³ with an uncertainty of ±0.2 g/cm³, what is the relative uncertainty?
Q. If the density of a substance is measured as 8.0 g/cm³ with an uncertainty of ±0.2 g/cm³, what is the absolute error in the volume calculated from this density?
Q. If the density of a substance is measured as 8.0 g/cm³ with an uncertainty of ±0.5 g/cm³, what is the range of possible values for the density?
Q. If the density of a substance is measured as 8.0 g/cm³ with an uncertainty of ±0.1 g/cm³, what is the absolute error in the density?
Q. If the density of a substance is measured as 8.0 g/cm³ with an uncertainty of ±0.2 g/cm³, what is the range of possible densities?
Q. If the density of a substance is measured as 8.0 g/cm³ with an uncertainty of ±0.1 g/cm³, what is the fractional error in the density?
Q. If the density of a substance is measured as 8.0 g/cm³ with an uncertainty of ±0.1 g/cm³, what is the relative uncertainty in the density?
Q. If the density of a substance is measured as 8.0 g/cm³ with an uncertainty of ±0.2 g/cm³, what is the relative uncertainty in the density?
