[CHM 371] Errors in Temperature

[Andrew J. Pounds]

On 09/05/2012 01:28 AM,  wrote:
> Dr.  Pounds, for the error analysis worksheet,  #4. I have found the 
> 'error box'  that you mentioned in class but I'm not sure how to get 
> the error from that. Grant mentioned something like subtracting the 
> top right corner from the bottom left but that does not seem like the 
> full answer. What should I do from here?
>
>
The reason I mentioned to Grant subtracting the top corner from the 
bottom left corner was a particular solution to the problem I wrote on 
the board in my office.  Look at the picture below...


errorbox

The once you reported T you could determine the error in T by 
subtracting the lower bound by the upper bound and dividing by two.



-- 
Andrew J. Pounds, Ph.D.  (pounds at theochem.mercer.edu)
Associate Professor of Chemistry and Computer Science
Mercer University,  Macon, GA 31207   (478) 301-5627

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