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please help me in significant figures!!!?
suppose the measured error in a temperature of 25(degree C) is 1(degree C) or 4%.
can you reduce the error by changing the temperature to kelvin (so that error becomes (1/298)100=0.33%)?
explain please.....
4% means ( 1/25)100
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- ?Lv 610 years agoFavorite Answer
*facepalm*
No you can't. The measured temperature is the measured temperature. The measurement error is the measurement error regardless of whatever temperature scale you measure in. Besides, 1 degree C is the same as 1 degree K, and your (1/298)100 is irrelevant as is your 4% rating. The measurement error is 1 degree, not 4%.
