Question 1167100
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I'm presuming the specification is *[tex \Large 1.625\ \pm\ 0.005] inches.


So the measurement is given to three decimal place precision, so anything that has to do with it has to be specified to three decimal place precision.  Consequently, your answer to the question is incorrect.  The answer is *[tex \Large 1.630].


What's the difference?  A lot.  *[tex \Large 1.630] is ten times more precise than *[tex \Large 1.63].  To put it in a slightly different context, let's say I told you that I had taken a measurement and it was *[tex \Large 1] inch.  What am I saying?  When I make that claim, I am only guaranteeing that the actual measurement is in the range *[tex \Large 0.5\ \leq\ m_a\ <\ 1.5].  But if I were to make the claim that the measurement was *[tex \Large 1.0] inch, I would be guaranteeing that the measurement is in the range *[tex \Large 0.95\ \leq\ m_a\ <\ 1.05]


So, *[tex \Large 1.630] and the other end is *[tex \Large 1.620]

																
John
FCCS(SW), USN, Ret.
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My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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