Chemistry by OpenStax (2015-05-04)
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Author: Klaus Theopold, Richard H Langley, Paul Flowers, William R. Robinson, Mark Blaser
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Chapter 1, Problem 46E
Indicate whether each of the following can be determined exactly or must be measured with some degree of uncertainty:
- the number of eggs in a basket
- the mass of a dozen eggs
- the number of gallons of gasoline necessary to fill an automobile gas tank
- the number of cm in 2 m
- the mass of a textbook
- the time required to drive from San Francisco to Kansas City at an average speed of 53 mi/h
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