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1) Make a lot of imprecise measurements. 2) Average them. The more measurements, the closer the average will be to the truth.
by pygy_ 7y ago
1) Make a lot of imprecise measurements.
2) Average them.
The more measurements, the closer the average will be to the truth.
- throwaway744678 7y agoOnly if the error is distributed evenly.
- pygy_ 7y agoSince we're interested in the delta, even if it isn't even, it will not matter as long as the error distribution is constant during the whole experiment.
- ekianjo 7y agoIf you are within the range of error of your instruments you can average what you want all you will get is random noise. Averaging within the noise threshold does not bring you closer to the truth.on top of that there are waves on the sea so this is not even a flat and fixed surface we are talking about.