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minus-squarechiliedogg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoOkay. How do you describe a measurement of 1 and a quarter of a centimeter precise to 1/4cm without either over-stating or under-stating precision of the measurement? Decimal only allows you to increase or decrease precision by a factor of 10.
minus-squareCassanderer@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoIf the Precision is necessary you just break up two decimal points, or however many to get it to where it has to be.
minus-squareNobodyElse@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoYou don’t need to use significant figures to convey precision. You can also explicitly state the uncertainty, like 1.25 ± 0.25 cm.
minus-squarechiliedogg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-23 days agoBut even you don’t know how that works. Because 1/4cm precision would be ± 0.125cm
Okay.
How do you describe a measurement of 1 and a quarter of a centimeter precise to 1/4cm without either over-stating or under-stating precision of the measurement?
Decimal only allows you to increase or decrease precision by a factor of 10.
If the Precision is necessary you just break up two decimal points, or however many to get it to where it has to be.
You don’t need to use significant figures to convey precision. You can also explicitly state the uncertainty, like 1.25 ± 0.25 cm.
But even you don’t know how that works.
Because 1/4cm precision would be ± 0.125cm
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