Four research teams measured the half-life of a radioactive isotope, and what each team wrote in its team notebook is shown in the table below. Suppose a later and more reliable measurement gives 1.050 s for the half-life of the same isotope. Decide which of the earlier measurements was the most accurate, and which was the most precise. what was written in the notebook alo most accurate most precise team measurement measurement A "1.15s + 0.05s" 因 B "between 1.035s and 1.045s" "1.000s + 3.0%" "0.95s"

Four research teams measured the half-life of a radioactive isotope, and what each team wrote in its team notebook is shown in the table below. Suppose a later and more reliable measurement gives 1.050 s for the half-life of the same isotope. Decide which of the earlier measurements was the most accurate, and which was the most precise. what was written in the notebook alo most accurate most precise team measurement measurement A "1.15s + 0.05s" 因 B "between 1.035s and 1.045s" "1.000s + 3.0%" "0.95s"

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