Answer to Question #101362 in Engineering for Renesmee

Question

When measuring length, why is it important to use the correct tools and units to attain the greatest accuracy? Use specific examples from the lab to support your answer.

Answer 1

when measuring the length it is very important to use the correct tools and units to attain the greatest accuracy. For example to measure a length of a book we can take length unit as cm, and we can measure by a scale . But to measure the thickness of a paper we have to take the unit of micrometer , and we have to use screw gauge to measure the thickness of the paper. We can't not measure the thickness of a paper by a meter scale. And it will not be helpful if we use unit as meter.