How do I add percentage uncertainty when calculating an average?

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Homework Statement


I currently want to add 2 percent each with a relative uncertainty together:
[tex]\frac{53.3\% +/- 1\% + 65.8\% +/- 1\%}{2}[/tex]

I'm not sure how I can add the percentage uncertainty.

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I've concluded that the average is 59.55%, however I'm unsure about how to handling adding the percentage uncertainty.
 
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