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 is measured using part of a measuring tamparc gs :6h(+pe as ko :6d)lea; seshown below.e od:e)6lsk ;a

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 uncertainty in a reading on a sc9v4(jm odq(d wyad0g8 ale is usually taken as half the smallest division. Here the smallest 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 penciwga vd9 4y0dojm q8(d(l 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.