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Grade 10General Physics

Let weight of a body is reported to be 18.58g .
It is clear that the least count of device was 0.01 g and the final weight could be represented as (18.58 +- 0.01) g .
But i was not able to get this . It was written below that "This weight is then known only to approximately 1 part in 1858 parts " . what is this 1 part in smthing thing ?? can u please tell me about it and how to write it too ?

I will be thatnkful to you :D

Profile image of Aditi Chauhan
12 Years agoGrade 10
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Profile image of Saurabh Koranglekar
6 Years ago
Dear student

The expression simply means either weight can be actual weight +error
or actual weight -error

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