Part B.2 If the scale reads 3.16kg, what is the percent error between the true value (from part B.1) and the value displayed on the scale? Your percent error should be calculated as < 20%. If this is not the case, check your work in B.1.

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You decide to test a grocer's scale at a local supermarket. You place several large potatoes on the pan hanging from the scale.

the answer to b.1 is : 3.06 kg

so just do b.2

Part B.2
If the scale reads 3.16kg, what is the percent error between the true value (from part B.1) and the value displayed on the scale? Your percent error
should be calculated as < 20%. If this is not the case, check your work in B.1.
Transcribed Image Text:Part B.2 If the scale reads 3.16kg, what is the percent error between the true value (from part B.1) and the value displayed on the scale? Your percent error should be calculated as < 20%. If this is not the case, check your work in B.1.
Part B.1
The scale has a spring constant of 300 N/m. The spring stretched 10 cm when the potatoes were added. What is the mass of the potatoes?
Transcribed Image Text:Part B.1 The scale has a spring constant of 300 N/m. The spring stretched 10 cm when the potatoes were added. What is the mass of the potatoes?
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