A stopwatch is calibrated for a time interval of 1/100th of a second with a range of 9 hours 59 minutes and 59.99 seconds. It also has a ± 5-seconds-a-day bias. This means this watch could gain or lose up to 5 seconds each day of use.

Calculate the accuracy of the stopwatch if you let it run all day.

exactly 24 hours

between 24 hours 59 minutes 59 seconds and 25 hours 0 minutes 1 second

between 24 hours 55 minutes and 25 hours 5 minutes

between 24 hours 59 minutes 55 seconds and 25 hours 0 minutes 5 seconds

Question

A stopwatch is calibrated for a time interval of 1/100th of a second with a range of 9 hours 59 minutes and 59.99 seconds. It also has a ± 5-seconds-a-day bias. This means this watch could gain or lose up to 5 seconds each day of use.

Calculate the accuracy of the stopwatch if you let it run all day.
		
exactly 24 hours
		
between 24 hours 59 minutes 59 seconds and 25 hours 0 minutes 1 second
		
between 24 hours 55 minutes and 25 hours 5 minutes
		
between 24 hours 59 minutes 55 seconds and 25 hours 0 minutes 5 seconds

anonymous · Answer

@Missiey Can you help me?