A student measures the mass of a paper clip. The students data table is shown below. The acceptable value for the paper clips is 1.14g.

Trial # Mass
1 2.45 g
2 2.40 g
3 2.42 g

Question

A student measures the mass of a paper clip. The students data table is shown below. The acceptable value for the paper clips is 1.14g.

Trial #	Mass 
1	2.45 g
2	2.40 g
3	2.42 g

anonymous · Answer

What are you asking?

anonymous · Answer

Are the measurements:
accurate but not precise, precise but not accurate, both, or neither?

anonymous · Answer

Well are any of the close to 1.14?

anonymous · Answer

Do you understand what I'm asking?

anonymous · Answer

yes, but I don't fully understand how the calculations work. As to your first question, no I think any of them are close to 1.14.

anonymous · Answer

Ok good, So we know the three number are not close to 1.14. So what choices can we eliminate?

anonymous · Answer

all except the students measurements are neither accurate or precise

anonymous · Answer

Right.

anonymous · Answer

The question just wants you to think.

anonymous · Answer

I think I may have been thinking a little too hard!
Thanks...☺

anonymous · Answer

I do it all the time

anonymous · Answer

No problem.