using his ruler,howell measured the sides of a rectangular prism to be 5 cm by 8 cm by 4 cm. the actual measurements are 5.3 cm by 8.2 cm by 4.1 cm . find howeel relative error in calculating the volume of the prism, to the nearest thousandth.

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anonymous · Answer

Could you explain a little more? I'm confused about what you're asking..

anonymous · Answer

this is the question i got...

anonymous · Answer

please help me

anonymous · Answer

I think his error was measuring by the whole number cm instead of looking at the smaller lines to get the hundredths place. The thousandths place is two decimals, so that's all I got.

anonymous · Answer

it says find Howell"s realtive error in calculating the volume of the prism

anonymous · Answer

He just didn't use the ruler correctly according to his directions.

anonymous · Answer

i got the answer by myself.....genious heheh