A piece of plywood is composed of five layers. The two outer layers are veneers with thickness 0.50 ± 0.02 mm, and the three inner layers each have thickness 6.25 ± 0.05 mm. Assume the thicknesses of the layers are independent. Estimate the thickness of the plywood and its uncertainty.

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Let represent the estimated thicknesses of the outer layers, and let represent the estimated thicknesses of the inner layers. Then for i = 1,2, and = 0.05 for j = 1,2,3.

The estimated thickness of the item is .

The uncertainty in the estimate is .

The thickness is 19.75 ±0.09 mm.

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