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physics freshman here.
If I'm measuring something with a metre stick say to the nearest 1mm, is the error 0.5mm or 1mm? Say I get 169mm, is that 169 + or - 0.5mm, or 169 + or - 1mm?
Or say I'm reading off an oscillator the requency and it gives 52.1Hz, is that with an error of 0.1Hz or 0.05Hz?

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