Show your step by step solutions. 6. With a wooden ruler, you measure the length of a rectangular piece of sheet metal to be 16 mm. With micrometer calipers, you measure the width of the rectangle to be 5.98 mm. Consider 4 significant figures only. Determine: (d) the difference between the length and the width; and (e) the ratio of the length to the width?

Show your step by step solutions. 6. With a wooden ruler, you measure the length of a rectangular piece of sheet metal to be 16 mm. With micrometer calipers, you measure the width of the rectangle to be 5.98 mm. Consider 4 significant figures only. Determine: (d) the difference between the length and the width; and (e) the ratio of the length to the width?

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6. With a wooden ruler, you measure the
length of a rectangular piece of sheet
metal to be 16 mm. With micrometer
calipers, you measure the width of the
rectangle to be 5.98 mm. Consider 4
significant figures only.
Determine:
(d) the difference between the length and the
width; and
(e) the ratio of the length to the width?

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