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Elements Of Electromagnetics

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ISBN:9780190698614

Author:Sadiku, Matthew N. O.

Publisher:Sadiku, Matthew N. O.

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Round off the numbers in the following problems to three significant figures. Find the percent difference between each rounded-off number and the original number by using the original number as the reference. 26.394

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$G i v e n D a t a o r i g i n a l v a l u e = 26.394$

round off this value to Tenth ( 1 decimal place)

rounded off value =26.4

$W r i t e t h e e x p r e s s i o n f o r p e r c e n t a g e d i f f r e n c e p e r c e n t a g e d i f f = \frac{r o u n d e d o f f v a l u e - o r i g i n a l v a l u e}{r o u n d e d o f f v a l u e} p u t a l l t h e v a l u e s p e r c e n t a g e d i f f = \frac{26.4 - 26.394}{26.4} \times 100 p e r c e n t a g e d i f f = 0.0227272 \frac{\cdot}{\cdot}$

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