Question

Macy measured the mass of a 69.3 g mouse at 70.0 g.

Eli measured the mass of a 3867 kg elephant at 3900 kilograms.

Macy's error was 70-69.3 = 0.7 g-- about half the mass of a paperclip.



A. What was Eli's error?

3900-3867=33 kg

B. Name an object of this approximate mass.

about 9 gallons of water

C. Accuracy can be defined in terms of percent error. Who was more accurate, Macy or Eli? Justify your answer with mathematics. 0.7 g more than 33kg

Answer 1

@hartnn can you check my answers real quick
please

Answer 2

A,B correct

Answer 3

:)

Answer 4

how about c

Answer 5

% error = (error/actual)*100

Answer 6

for macy,
error% = (0.7/69.3)*100 = ...

for Eli,it
error% = (33/3867)*100 = ..

Answer 7

macy did 1% error,
Eli di 0.8 % error

macy did more erro :)

Answer 8

macy

Answer 9

means Eli is more accurate