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Suppose your bathroom scale reads your mass as 54 kg, with a 3% uncertainty. What is the uncertainty in your mass? (Note that uncertainties should be reported to one significant figure.) _______kg

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Chapter1: Units And Measurement

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Problem 67P: Suppose your bathroom scale reads your mass as 65 kg with a 3% uncertainty. What is the uncertainty...

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