The discussion revolves around calculating uncertainty when converting time from minutes to hours. The original poster presents a table with values in minutes and their corresponding conversions to hours, along with a given uncertainty in minutes.
Some participants are attempting to determine the appropriate way to express uncertainty, with suggestions about calculating absolute and percentage errors. There is an ongoing exploration of how these uncertainties change with the values in the table, but no consensus has been reached.
The original poster has provided specific values and uncertainties, but the discussion includes questions about the implications of these values and how they relate to the conversion process.
cbrowne said:well if u multiply 0.16 x 60= 9.6 but the actual value is 10.0 so its off by 0.4 . As you go up the table the uncertainty becomes smaller and smaller