Study Guide for Chemistry: The Central Science
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Author: Theodore E. Brown, James C. Hill
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Chapter 10.8, Problem 10.13.2PE
The three targets from a rifle range shown below were produced by:(A) the instructor firing a newly acquired target rifle; (B) the instructor firing his personal target rifle; and (C) a student who has fired his target rifle only a few times.
- Comment on the accuracy and precision for each of these three sets of results.
- For the A and C results in the future to look like those in B, what needs to happen? [Section 1.6 ]
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Study Guide for Chemistry: The Central Science
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