medium · Act science
A student uses a balance to measure a 5.00 g weight three times. The results are 4.81 g, 4.82 g, and 4.81 g. These measurements are:
- Precise but not accurate relative to the known weight
- Both accurate and precise based on the consistent data
- Accurate but not precise relative to the known weight
- Neither accurate nor precise due to the measurement error
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