A thermometer is graduated in 1 °C divisions. The absolute uncertainty in a reading is about:

  1. pm 10 °C
  2. pm 0.01 °C
  3. pm 5 °C
  4. pm 0.5 °C
Answer

D) pm 0.5 °C

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