Standard deviation from measures with different uncertainty

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Homework Statement


i have a few results of measurements, with different measurement uncertainty: [tex]L=5\pm0,2, L=5,1\pm0,1,L=5,2\pm0,3,L=5,3\pm0,1,L=5,4\pm0,2[/tex] and how can i count standard deviation and final result of measurement with uncertainty?

The Attempt at a Solution


i counted arithmetic mean, variance and standard deviation of all results, if they were the same I would just do this like this [tex]\Delta L=\sqrt{V(L)+U^2(L)}[/tex] where [tex]U(L)[/tex] is measurement uncertainty of a single result, but what to do when they are different?
 
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There's a good explanation of how to treat the uncertainty here
http://www.rit.edu/cos/uphysics/uncertainties/Uncertaintiespart1.html#estimate
 
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thanks for this link, it is very helpful, but there arent solution for what to do with this thing that i mentioned, do you have any other idea?