Engineering Lab: Error Calculations - Help Needed!

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A first-year engineering student seeks assistance with error calculations for a lab report, specifically regarding measurement errors during mathematical operations. The discussion emphasizes the importance of understanding measurement error and managing decimal places to minimize round-off errors in calculations. The student expresses feelings of overwhelm and writer's block due to continuous work. The advice provided clarifies that focusing on measurement error will aid in accurately presenting lab results. Overall, the conversation highlights the significance of error management in engineering calculations.
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Hello yall I am new here. I am a first year student in engineering.
I'm writing up a lab now and I am supposed to be showing the error. the error usually accurs when adding subtracting muliplying of dividing variables. Only I am a little clueless here.
please help.
 
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The error you should be concerned with is the error involved in measuring. Once you know that you should be able to arrange for carrying enough decimal places that "round off error", which is the only kind of error that can occur in mathematical clalculations, is negligable.
 
Thanks that makes sense. I've been getting writers block from working nonstop.
 

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