What is the measurement of this yellow line?

Are any of the digits of its measurement know with

absolute certainty?

Are any of digits of its measurement a total guess?

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In Colorado, tree line is 12,114 ft.

12,100 ± 500 ft.

Clifton Bluhm
 Zebulon Pike: 18,581 ft.
Stephen Long: 11,507.5 ft.
It’s really 14,115 ft
Zebulon Pike
(1779-1813)

Stephen Long http://www.pikespeakcam.com/images/submitted/DSC00405%20Pikes%20Peak%20from%20Garden%20of%20the%20Gods%20June%2005.JPG

(1784-1864), http://www.worldbook.com/features/explorers/html/saga_oae.html#StephenHarrimanLong
Would you TRUST this person?
 This pencil is
5.384678 inches long!

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http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~pmorici/image/pencilWeb/
 This pencil is
5 inches long!

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http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~pmorici/image/pencilWeb/
 The TRUTH lies
somewhere between
5 and 5.384678 inches

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must
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TOTALLY TRUTHFUL
in your measurements.
http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~pmorici/image/pencilWeb/
 0.7 ± .1

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0.67 ± .01

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0.675 ± .001

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 2.78 ± .02
Measurement is between 2.76 and 2.80.

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 Zebulon Pike first thought
this mountain was 18,581 ft
18,000 ± 4,000
Zebulon Pike
(1779-1813) 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22

Stephen Long first thought

this mountain was 11,507.5 ft
12,000 ± 3,000

It’s really 14,115 ft

Stephen Long http://www.pikespeakcam.com/images/submitted/DSC00405%20Pikes%20Peak%20from%20Garden%20of%20the%20Gods%20June%2005.JPG

(1784-1864), http://www.worldbook.com/features/explorers/html/saga_oae.html#StephenHarrimanLong
 1.12 ± .02
Measurement is between 1.10 and 1.14.

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 2.00 ± .02
Measurement is between 1.98 and 2.02.

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 0.04 ± .02
Measurement is between 0.02 and 0.06.

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 1 0.3 ± .1
Measurement is between 10.2 and 10.4

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Smaller Ruler
 3.40 ± .05
Measurement is between 3.35 and 3.45.

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 3.30 ± .02
Measurement is between 3.28 and 3.32.

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 1.2 ± .1

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145 ± 1

290 ± 2
 2.52 ± .03
Measurement is between 2.49 and 2.55

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 2¾ 2.75
2.7 ± .1
Measurement is between 2.6 and 2.8.

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 1.1 ± .1
Measurement is between 1.0 and 1.2.

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 3.0 ± .1
Measurement is between 2.9 and 3.1.

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 0.93 ± .02 3.11 ± .02
0.91 to 0.95 3.09 to 3.13
Shortest Possible Length = 3.09 – 0.95 = 2.14
Longest Possible Length = 3.13 – 0.91 = 2.22

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Measurement is between 2.14 and 2.22.

2.18 ± .04
8.85 ± .03