Question: 9. Mr. Brown has two broken braces on his disk. He has an 8 foot piece of angle iron from which he plans to cut

9. Mr. Brown has two broken braces on his disk.
9. Mr. Brown has two broken braces on his disk. He has an 8 foot piece of angle iron from which he plans to cut the two braces. Using a ruler with 1/ inch divisions, he estimated one brace to be 34 3/ 16 inches and the other to be 18 27/ 32 inches. a.) What is the precision of the ruler he used? b.) How long is each brace to the nearest 1/: inch? c.) How long is the remaining piece of angle iron to the nearest 1/ of an inch? d.) What is the accuracy of his measurement

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