Four students collected data for the length of an object.Student 1Student 2Student 3Student 45.55.67.88.1 Which statement correctly describes the students’ data?

Precision means measurements are close to one another; accuracy means they are close to the actual value. Students 1 and 2 measured 5.5 and 5.6, so their results are close together and precise. If the actual value is 8.1, both measurements are far from it, so they are not accurate. Therefore, the correct statement is C.

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