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Following observations were taken with a vernier callipers while measuring the length of a cylinder :
`3.29 cm,3.28 cm,3.31 cm,3.28 cm,3.27 cm,3.29 cm,3.20 cm`. Then find :
(a) Most accurate length of the cylinder
(b) Absolute error in each observation
(c) Mean absolute error
(d) Relative error
(e) Percentage error
Express the result in terms absolute error and percentage error.

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