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(a)0.4545 was rounded off to three decimal places as 0.455. Determine the percentage error created. (b)0.4545 was truncated to three decimal places to 0.454.Calculate the percentage...

      

Form Three Mathematics. Topic- Errors and Approximation.

  

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Jacktone
(a) Error=Difference between the actual value and the rounded off value.
Error=0.455-0.4545=0.0005
% error=(0.0005÷0.4545)×100
% error=0.11%
(b)Error=Difference between the actual value and the truncated value
Error=0.4545-0.454=0.0005
% error=(0.0005÷0.4545)×100
% error=0.11%
jacktonenzoya answered the question on August 15, 2020 at 13:34


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