A measurement is given. Find the minimum and maximum possible measurement.
A doctor measures a patient's weight as 162 lb to the nearest pound.
A measure is given .fimd the minimum and maximum possible measurements.
1. A doctor measures a patients weight as 62lb to the nearest pound.
2. The lenght of an onion cell is 0.4 mm to the nearest tenth of a millimeter.
If those are significant digits, then the minimum weight is 161.5 and the maximum is 162.49999...
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To find the minimum and maximum possible measurement, we need to consider the rounding error involved in measuring to the nearest pound.
When measuring to the nearest pound, there is a potential error of ±0.5 pounds. This means that the actual weight could be 0.5 pounds less or 0.5 pounds more than the measured weight.
For the given measurement of 162 pounds, the minimum possible weight would be 161.5 pounds (162 - 0.5), and the maximum possible weight would be 162.5 pounds (162 + 0.5).
So, the minimum possible weight is 161.5 pounds, and the maximum possible weight is 162.5 pounds.