Becky and Michael went to the grocery store to buy ingredients for trail mix. They filled one bag with almonds and weighed it three times on the store's scale. The results are shown below. trial weight (lbs.) 1 3.29 2 3.71 3 2.90 When they took the almonds to the cashier, the actual weight turned out to be 2.25 pounds. How might they describe the first scale they used? Question 2 options: A. It has a high level of accuracy and a high degree of precision. B. It has a low level of accuracy and a low degree of precision. C. It has a high level of accuracy and a low degree of precision. C. It has a low level of accuracy and a high degree of precision. Save

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Westie

20 September, 17:04

Becky and Michael went to the grocery store to buy ingredients for trail mix. They filled one bag with almonds and weighed it three times on the store's scale. The results are shown below. trial weight (lbs.) 1 3.29 2 3.71 3 2.90 When they took the almonds to the cashier, the actual weight turned out to be 2.25 pounds. How might they describe the first scale they used? Question 2 options: A. It has a high level of accuracy and a high degree of precision. B. It has a low level of accuracy and a low degree of precision. C. It has a high level of accuracy and a low degree of precision. C. It has a low level of accuracy and a high degree of precision. Save

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Casey Freeman · Answer 1

All of the times they weighed it at the store's scale were inaccurate by over 0.5 pounds, so it wasn't accurate. However, they had 3 significant digits (significant digits being the amount of numbers you have), and the cashier used 3 significant digits, so it was precise. C is your answer, but I think you meant D : P