
Thinking Like an Engineer: An Active Learning Approach (3rd Edition)
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Author: Elizabeth A. Stephan, David R. Bowman, William J. Park, Benjamin L. Sill, Matthew W. Ohland
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Chapter 12, Problem 20RQ
a.
To determine
Develop a plot and fit a exponential trendline model to data.
b.
To determine
Find the capacitance of the smallest capacitor and largest capacitor.
c.
To determine
Find the nominal value for the set of capacitors.
d.
To determine
Find the standard tolerance of capacitors.
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