Question: You find a micrometer (a thickness-measuring device) of unknown origin and use it to measure the diameter of a steel rod that is known to

  • You find a micrometer (a thickness-measuring device) of unknown origin and use it to measure the diameter of a steel rod that is known to have a diameter of 0.5000 in. You use the micrometer to make 10 independent measurements of the rod diameter, and the results are 0.4821, 0.4824, 0.4821, 0.4821, 0.4820, 0.4822, 0.4821, 0.4822, 0.4820, and 0.4822. Estimate the systematic error and the maximum random error in these measurements.

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