How can the accuracy of a measurement be increased?


Take more readings to make the average better and take more care in using the
measuring instruments to provide as many significant digits as possible in your data.

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What is the radiosity of a black body at 1000 K?

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A 60.0-Hz AC generator with a peak voltage of 110 V drives a series RL circuit with R = 10.0 ? and L = 10.0 mH. The impedance is

A. 3.77 ?. B. 9.26 ?. C. 10.0 ?. D. 10.7 ?. E. 13.8 ?.

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The walls of an ice chest are made of 2.00-mm-thick insulation having a thermal conductivity 0.00300 W/m ? K

The total surface area of the ice chest is 1.20 m2. If 4.00 kg of ice at 0.00°C are placed in the chest and the temperature of the outside surface of the chest is 20.0°C, how long does it take the ice to melt under steady state conditions? The latent heat of fusion of water is 79.6 cal/g = 334 kJ/kg. A) 4.22 h B) 22.1 h C) 17.6 h D) 1.33 d E) 10.3 h

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