ECZ 2019 · O-Level Paper 1 — Approximations

The length of a piece of wire is measured as 4.5 cm. Calculate (b) the relative error.

  • A. 0.05
  • B. 19
  • C. 9
  • D. 190

Verified working — step 1

Relative error = tolerancemeasuredvalue

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