document.write( "Question 894145: To the nearest thousandth, how much error can be tolerated in the length of a wire that is supposed to be 2.57 centimeters long? Specifications allow an error of no more than 0.25%
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$\"2.57%2A%281%2B0.25%2F100%29=2.576425\"$
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\n" ); document.write( " $\"E=0.013\"$ $\"cm\"$ Total
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\n" ); document.write( " $\"E%5B2%5D=0.0064\"$ $\"cm\"$ per side.
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