Chemistry: An Introduction to General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry (12th Edition)

Published by Prentice Hall
ISBN 10: 0321908449
ISBN 13: 978-0-32190-844-5

Chapter 2 - Section 2.7 - Density - Challenge Questions - Page 54: 2.90

Answer

Few reasons can be: a. Human error b. Different students can have a different measurement accuracy. c. The student measuring 5.8 has rounded off the measurement to nearest mm.

Work Step by Step

Actual measurement of the paper clip is between 5.75 and 5.8 mm.
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