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    Can Pulsars Provide More Accurate Time Standards Than Atomic Clocks?

    Figured out the answer. Its actually very simple Multiply 4.0x10^6 from (b) by the uncertainty (which is .000 000 000 000 04). That gives you the answer in ms My final answer required it to be in seconds so I divided the ans by 1000 m/s
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    Can Pulsars Provide More Accurate Time Standards Than Atomic Clocks?

    well i attempted 1.43480644887275/00000000000004 something like that the problem here i guess is that i don't understand associated uncertainty. any idea how to solve it/definition is? please and thx
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    Can Pulsars Provide More Accurate Time Standards Than Atomic Clocks?

    Time standards are now based on atomic clocks. A promising second standard is based on pulsars, which are rotating neutron stars (highly compact stars consisting only of neutrons). Some rotate at a rate that is highly stable, sending out a radio beacon that sweeps briefly across Earth once with...