Kognity IB Physics A.0 Measurements & Uncertainty (id: 294aaa607)

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本题目来源于试卷: Kognity IB Physics A.0 Measurements & Uncertainty，类别为 IBDP Physics

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The length of a pencil isaut4ct5/8x m o measured using part of a measuring tape as shoi+-ls phe65qd wn belowql -s6 p5ehd+i.

What is the length of the pencil?

A. $4.5 \pm 0.1 \; cm$
B. $11.5 \pm 0.2 \; cm$
C. $11.5 \pm 0.3 \; cm$
D. $11.5 \pm 0.5 \; cm$


参考答案:  D


本题详细解析:
We should be looking at the cm scale! The unc5sqe;l3vr g0u ertainty in a reading on a scale is usually taken as half the smallest division. Here the smallesteg 530r luqsv; division is 0.5 cm so we can read each point on the scale to an accuracy of 0.25 cm. To find the length of the pencil we must take two measurements - one for each end of the pencil. This means that we must also add the uncertainties, giving an uncertainty of 0.5cm.