Explain Why Significant Figures Represent The Precision Of A Measurement And Not Its Accuracy.

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Explain Why Significant Figures Represent The Precision Of A Measurement And Not Its Accuracy.

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A measurement that has a larger number of significant figures has a greater reproducibility, or precision because it has a smaller source of error in the estimated digit. A value with a greater number of significant figures is not necessarily more accurate than a measured value with less significant figures, only more precise. For example, a measured value of 1.5422 m was obtained using a more precise measuring tool, while a value of 1.2 m was obtained using a less precise measuring tool. If the actual value of the measured object was 1.19 m, the measurement obtained from the less precise measuring tool would be more accurate.

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