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Say you're measuring the length of a string L. You measure it 6 times and get...

Say you're measuring the length of a string L. You measure it 6 times and get the following measurements:12.3 cm, 11.8 cm, 12.2 cm, 10.7 cm, 12.8 cm, and 12.1 cm.

(a). What is your average measured length L_average?

(b). What is the random error on this average measured length, \sigma L_average?

(c). Let us say that the "true" length of the string is 10.1cm. Are the above measurements accruate? Are they precise? Explain why.

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