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13. If you measure the length of a rectangular piece of metal to be 5.4870.12 m, what is the percentage of uncertainty in this measurement? O 2.2% O 2.9% O 11.4% O 4.9% O 4.4%

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13. If you measure the length of a rectangular piece of metal to be
5.4870.12 m, what is the percentage of uncertainty in this measurement?
O 2.2%
O 2.9%
O 11.4%
O 4.9%
O 4.4%

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