GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

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PHYSICS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
You perform an experiment to measure the temperature at which the water boils. The true value of temperature where water boils is 67
A
High precision but low accuracy
B
High precision and high accuracy
C
Low precision and low accuracy
D
High accuracy but low precision
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Precision is defined as ‘the quality of being exact’ and refers to how close two or more measurements are to each other, regardless of whether those measurements are accurate or not. It is possible for precision measurements to not be accurate.

Detailed explanation-2: -Accuracy and precision are both forms of measurement that define how close you are to hitting a target or achieving a goal. Accuracy evaluates how close you are to the true value of the measurement, while precision shows how close the measured values are to one another.

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