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Physics p5

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i have no idea how to calculate the absolute uncertainty(the thing given in the table) in phy p5.can someone pls explain it using the june 2011 paper

thanks a lot.
 

KZW

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Absolute uncertainty is pretty much just the smallest significant figure for your recorded results, or the lowest scale on your instrument of measurement. I can't find the June 2011 paper but i'll give you some examples.

eg.
- you have a result of 209.3g. absolute uncertainty is (+- 0.1g)
- You have a result of 10 degrees. absolute uncertainty is (+- 10) degrees.
 
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21
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Absolute uncertainty is pretty much just the smallest significant figure for your recorded results, or the lowest scale on your instrument of measurement. I can't find the June 2011 paper but i'll give you some examples.

eg.
- you have a result of 209.3g. absolute uncertainty is (+- 0.1g)
- You have a result of 10 degrees. absolute uncertainty is (+- 10) degrees.

sry but i didn't get it.i mean suppose they gave this values of some height then asking to calculate the 1/h and it's uncertainty.how to calculate the uncertainty part???
thanks
 
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