A student measures the mass of an object three times and reports the numeric average of her
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A student measures the mass of an object three times and reports the numeric average of her measurements. If her three measurements are 212 g, 260 g, and 233 g and the actual mass is 235 g, which of the following statements is true:
(a) The student is accurate but not precise.
(b) The student is precise but not accurate.
(c) The student is both accurate and precise.
(d) It is impossible to tell whether the student is accurate and/or precise without knowing how she determined the mass.
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Introductory Chemistry Atoms First
ISBN: 9780321927118
5th Edition
Authors: Steve Russo And Michael Silver
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