ECZ 2021 · O-Level Paper 1 — Approximations

A learner measured the length of a line to be 2.2 cm. The actual length of the line is 2 cm. Find the absolute error in the learner's measurement.

  • A. 0.2cm
  • B. 2.2cm
  • C. 10cm
  • D. 0.1cm

Verified working — step 1

Absolute error asks one thing: how far the measurement sits from the actual value, as a positive distance.

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