"the sum to an accuracy of <0.01" means "the sum correct to two decimal palce" or "one decimal place" or "three"?
2006-08-28 08:51:54 · 7 answers · asked by ___ 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
Correct to two decimal places. Any error is out at the 3rd place or beyond, and is small enough to not change the second place. So the error must be strictly less than plus or minus 0.005.
2006-08-28 08:57:15 · answer #1 · answered by OR1234 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
3
2006-08-28 09:24:22 · answer #2 · answered by Carl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would mean to three decimal places. The allowable inaccuracy must be less than 0.01, which is at two decimal places. The more accurate (or less inaccurate) a sum is, the more decimal places it has.
2006-08-28 08:55:49 · answer #3 · answered by -j. 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's to an accuracy of three decimal places. "<0.01" means less than one hundredth. Anything less than one hundredth would be in the thousandth decimal place. Eg.: 0.001<0.01<0.1.
2006-08-28 08:57:14 · answer #4 · answered by kookoonuts 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it means correct to three decimal places because anything <0.01 has to have three decimal places, like 0.009 etc.
hope i helped
2006-08-28 09:00:14 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
2 decimal places
2006-08-28 08:55:41 · answer #6 · answered by TaxMan 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Um...best bet would be to got to http://www.math.com to see if they can help you. I haven't taken calculus yet so I don't know. Sorry....
2006-08-28 08:54:08 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋