Two students perform the same experiment. Their readings (true value ) are:

| Student | Reading (i) | Reading (ii) |
|---------|-------------|-------------|
| A | | |
| B | | |

Identify the corr

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Two students perform the same experiment. Their readings (true value ) are:

| Student | Reading (i) | Reading (ii) |
|---------|-------------|-------------|
| A |  |  |
| B |  |  |

Identify the correct statement about accuracy and precision.

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Strategy:
 Accuracy refers to how close a measurement is to the true value, while precision refers to how close multiple measurements are to each other. We evaluate each student's data by calculating their mean and checking the spread between their readings.

Step 1: Analyze Student A's data
Mean .
Since the mean is exactly the true value (), the results are accurate. Since the readings ( and ) are very close to each other (difference of ), they are also precise.

Step 2: Analyze Student B's dat

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