Table 1.

1 Measurements
(Hollow Plastic Cylinder) (Marble)
Using
TRIAL Using Ruler Using Vernier Caliper Micrometer
Caliper
Diameter D (cm) Height Diameter D (cm) Height Diameter D (cm)
outside inside H(cm) outside inside H(cm)

1 1.9 1.6 4.4 2.05 1.7 4.4 1.125

2 2.1 1.65 4.3 2.01 1.7 4.4 1.51
3 2.05 1.85 4.34 2.0 1.7 4.2 1.51
Arithmetic
Mean 2.02 1.7 4.35 2.02 1.7 4.33 1.38
d1 0.12 0.1 0.05 0.03 0 0.07 0.25
Absolute d2 0.08 0.05 0.05 0.01 0 0.07 0.13
Deviation
d3 0.03 0.1 0.01 0.02 0 0.13 0.13

∑d 0.23 0.25 0.11 0.06 0 0.27 0.51

đ 0.08 0.08 0.04 0.02 0 0.09 0.17
σ 0.05 0.05 0.02 0.01 0 0.05 0.01
BOV + 2.07 1.75 4.37 2.03 1.7 4.33 1.39
- 1.97 1.65 4.33 2.01 1.7 3.83 1.37

Table 1. In table 1 ,each measuring devices were used to measured hollow plastic and
marble 3 times each. Using data researchers were instructed to get the arithmetic mean
with a formula of :

Table 1.2 Derived Quantities and Percentage Error

(Hollow Plastic Cylinder) (Marble)
Ruler Vernier Caliper Micrometer Caliper
Mass m, g 9.97 g 5.7 g
Mean inside diameter 1.7 1.7 1.38
Mean outside diameter 2.02 2.02
Mean Height 4.35 4.33
V volume cm3 11.82 cm3 11.76 cm3 1.38 cm3
Density Experimental 0.84 g/cm3 0.85 g/cm3 4.13 g/cm3
P, g/cm3
Theoretical 1.33

% error 36.58% 36.29% 61.33%