An eyepiece reticle (a.k.a. an "eyepiece graticule", a.k.a. a "reticule") is a small piece of glass with a ruler etched into it that fits into a microscope eyepiece. This ruler is used to make measurements of objects viewed through the microscope after it's been calibrated with a stage micrometer (a microscope slide that has a ruler etched on it). After calibrating her microscope, biologist Mika Romiter has determined each division on her eyepiece reticle represents a distance of 20/3 μm = 6.67 μm = 6.67 × 10−6 m . She attempts to measure the width of a human hair which is about 112 μm wide. What will be her percent error?

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An eyepiece reticle (a.k.a. an "eyepiece graticule", a.k.a. a "reticule") is a small piece of glass with a ruler etched into it that fits into a microscope eyepiece.

This ruler is used to make measurements of objects viewed through the microscope after it's been calibrated with a stage micrometer (a microscope slide that has a ruler etched on it). After calibrating her microscope, biologist Mika Romiter has determined each division on her eyepiece reticle represents a distance of 20/3 μm = 6.67 μm = 6.67 × 10−6 m .
She attempts to measure the width of a human hair which is about 112 μm wide. What will be her percent error?

 
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