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1.7 Exercise 10

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A car engine moves a piston with a circular cross-section of 7.500 ± 0.002 cm in diameter a distance of 3.250 ± 0.001 cm to compress the gas in the cylinder. (a) By what amount is the gas decreased in volume in cubic centimeters? (b) Find the uncertainty in this volume.

OpenStax University Physics Volume 1, 1.7 Solving Problems in Physics, exercise 10

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