Question

For an experiment, you are required to measure out 13-mL of alcohol. The first time, you measured out 12.4-mL. The second time, you measured out 12.5-mL. The third time, you measured out 12.4-mL. You are ___________.
Select one:
a. accurate and precise
b. inaccurate and precise
c. accurate and imprecise
d. inaccurate and imprecise

Answer 1

@Hoslos

Answer 2

The experimenter is accurate when his obtained value is very close to the required value; the experimenter is precise when his obtained values are of a very small difference in range.
As for this case, the values obtained are far from the required value but the ranging of his values are too small. Hence he is not accurate but very precise. Answer - B.