If you are given the following values that come directly or indirectly from measurements, what will you assume is the range of possible values that they represent? a. 2.2 L (the volume of a basketball) b. 3µm (the diameter of a hair) c. 2.0 x 10° nm (the diameter of a proton) d. 1.98 x 10° kg (the mass of a whale)

If you are given the following values that come directly or indirectly from measurements, what will you assume is the range of possible values that they represent? a. 2.2 L (the volume of a basketball) b. 3µm (the diameter of a hair) c. 2.0 x 10° nm (the diameter of a proton) d. 1.98 x 10° kg (the mass of a whale)

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If you are given the following values that come directly or indirectly from
measurements, what will you assume is the range of possible values that
they represent?
a. 2.2 L (the volume of a basketball)
b. 3µm (the diameter of a hair)
c. 2.0 x 10° nm (the diameter of a proton)
d. 1.98 x 10° kg (the mass of a whale)

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