In the example above, the student's percentage uncertainty is 5%. Conclusion:

  1. the result agrees with the accepted value within uncertainty
  2. the result disagrees
  3. g is 9.5 m/s^2 exactly
  4. the uncertainty is wrong
Answer

A) the result agrees with the accepted value within uncertainty

3% < 5%. SLO P-11-N-24 · Understanding

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