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Question 10 • TX-Advanced Quantitative Reasoning

The length of a 2-inch-long thorn was measured by Sandrine to be 1.9 inches long. Which measurement is more precise but less accurate than Sandrine’s?

Answer
A
1.95 inches
B
2 inches
C
2.12 inches
D
3 inches

Explanation

Sandrine measured 1.9 inches, which is 0.1 inch away from the thorn’s true length of 2 inches. A more precise measurement has more detail, such as an extra decimal place, while being less accurate means it is farther from the true length. The measurement 2.12 inches is recorded to the hundredths place and is 0.12 inch from 2 inches, so it is more precise but less accurate than Sandrine’s.

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