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The diameter of a wire as measured by a screw gauge was found to be 0.026 cm, 0.028 cm, 0.029 cm, 0.027cm, 0.024cm and 0.027 cm. Calculate
(i) mean value of diameter
(ii) mean absoulte error
(iii) relative error (iv) percentage error. Also express the result in terms of absolute error and percentage error.

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0.027 cm , 0.043
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