MATLAB: An Introduction with Applications
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Author: Amos Gilat
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You send a yardstick to a local laboratory for calibration, asking that the procedure be repeated three times. They report the follwing values:
35.93 inches
36.05 inches
If you send the yardstick back for a fourth calibration, you would expect to get 36 inches give or take (choose one) ○.01
36.02 inches
O.05
O.06 inches or so.
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Transcribed Image Text:You send a yardstick to a local laboratory for calibration, asking that the procedure be repeated three times. They report the follwing values: 35.93 inches 36.05 inches If you send the yardstick back for a fourth calibration, you would expect to get 36 inches give or take (choose one) ○.01 36.02 inches O.05 O.06 inches or so.
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Answer:- Given, The three data points are,

35.93 , 36.05 and 36.02 inches. 

So, the average = [35.93 + 36.05 + 36.02]/3 

x̄ = 36 

Using formula, 

The chance of error = Standard deviation = √{Σ(xi - x̄)2/n}

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