A line of three wire differential levels goes from benchmark Gloria to benchmark Carey. The length of the line was determined to be 1487 m. The instrument had a stated compensator accuracy of ± 1.5 mm/km. The instrument-rod combination had an estimated reading error of ±0.2 mm per 40 m. Sight distances were consistently kept to approximately 50 ± 5 m. If the observed difference in the elevation in 23.4516m, what is the estimated error in the final elevation difference?

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A line of three wire differential levels goes from benchmark Gloria to benchmark Carey. The length of the line was determined to be 1487 m. The instrument had a stated compensator accuracy of ± 1.5 mm/km. The instrument-rod combination had an estimated reading error of ±0.2 mm per 40 m. Sight distances were consistently kept to approximately 50 ± 5 m. If the observed difference in the elevation in 23.4516m, what is the estimated error in the final elevation difference?

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