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| Suppose that a standard remote reading bourdon tube thermometer has a scale of 40 to 240oF. If the accuracy of the thermometer is plus or minus 1% of the span, what would the range of measured temperature be if the thermometer indicates 180oF? | |
| A) 177.6 to 182.4oF | |
| B) 178 to 182oF | |
| C) 178.2 to 181.8oF | |
| D) 179 to 181oF | |
| Posted: 20 Nov 2016 20:01 UTC | Post #1 |
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| dm1989 Engine |
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| Am I missing something??? 180*.01=1.8 +181.8 or -178.2?? | |
| Posted: 16 Feb 2017 17:07 UTC | Post #2 |
| sboston Engine |
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| it is one percent of the SPAN. span is 240-40=200. 0.01*200=2 | |
| Posted: 21 Feb 2020 14:55 UTC | Post #3 |
| Nikogr24 Engine |
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| it should be 181.8 and 178.2 | |
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