When reading a scale, position your eye perpendicular to the scale’s markings to avoid parallax error. This ensures accurate measurement by aligning your line of sight directly with the scale’s markings.
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Flexible measuring devices, like tape measures, can easily conform to various shapes and surfaces. This adaptability allows for accurate measurements of irregular or curved objects, which rigid devices cannot measure effectively.
Without windows, you can’t directly observe the ship’s movement. However, if you drop an object and it falls straight down, the ship is moving. In a stationary ship, the object would appear to drift.
To express the distance between your school and home in meters, convert the distance from kilometers to meters, multiply by 1000. The distance between your school and home is 1.5 kilometers, which equals 1500 meters (1.5 km × 1000 = ...
Wrap a flexible measuring tape around the curved base of the tumbler or bottle to measure its circumference. Record the length in centimeters or millimeters, ensuring the tape is snug and level.