ECZ 2025 · O-Level Paper 1 — Approximations

A bottle of mineral water has a capacity of 500 ± 0.5 millilitres. Find: (a) tolerance;

  • A. (a) 0.5 mL (b) 0.1%
  • B. (a) 500 mL (b) 0.1%
  • C. (a) 0.5 mL (b) 1%
  • D. (a) 1 mL (b) 0.2%

Verified working — step 1

(a)The tolerance is the amount shown after the ± sign.

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