A person's blood pressure is measured to be: 115 ± 7 mm Hg. What is its percent uncertainty? (Express your answer to the correct number of significant figures and proper units. Use unrounded values in your calculations.)

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A person's blood pressure is measured to be:

115 ± 7 mm Hg.

What is its percent uncertainty?

(Express your answer to the correct number of significant figures and proper units. Use unrounded values in your calculations.)

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