Answer:
636 or 564
Step-by-step explanation:
600 x .06 = 36 = 636 or 564
The weight could go off either way
Percent error is the amount of error to actual value, in percent. The mass the scale could show is: Either 564 g, or 636 g.
Suppose that the original measurement of an object is M units.
The scale used to measure has percent error of p%,
Then the value measured = M ± p% of M
Suppose the value of which a thing is expressed in percentage is "a'
Suppose the percent that considered thing is of "a" is b%
Then since percent shows per 100 (since cent means 100), thus we will first divide the whole part in 100 parts and then we multiply it with b so that we collect b items per 100 items(that is exactly what b per cent means).
Thus, that thing in number is
[tex]\dfrac{a}{100} \times b[/tex]
For the given case, the actual mass of the object considered(the book) is given to be 600 g
The percent error of the scale used is 6%
It means,
Readings the scale could show = 600 ± 6% of 600
Now, 6% of 600 is [tex]\dfrac{600}{100} \times 6 = 36[/tex]
Thus,
Readings that the scale could show = 600 ± 36 = 564g or 636g
Thus, the mass the scale could show is: Either 564 g, or 636 g.
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