Question

Mark measures the volume of water in a beaker marked in 50-ml intervals. He reports the volume is 43.927 ml. What is misleading about this value?

Answer 1

The scale to determine laboratory level any liquid is generally milliliter (mL). Now in a beaker which is marked in 50 mL intervals there reporting the volume 43.927 mL of a certain liquid from the beaker is not feasible. And if done there will be serious error. The value of the liquid volume can be measured from the beaker preciously must be in terms of 50 mL that is 50, 100, 150, 200 mL etc. Thus the misleading about the value are-

1. The value is measured by any experiment or calculation, because if its through experiment by 50 mL marked beaker it is not possible.

2.    The volume is been measured by the same beaker or not.

3. The accuracy and precision of the result is questionable.  

Answer 2

Answer:

The beaker doesn't allow to measure values different than 50 mL, 100 mL, 150 mL and so on, not even with decimals.

Explanation:

Hello,

Such types of beakers just report an approximate measure every 50 mL, thus, what is misleading is that the beaker doesn't allow to measure values different than 50 mL, 100 mL, 150 mL and so on, so the reporting of the decimals and the number below 50 is completely wrong due the beaker's scale and the significant figures it provides.

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