What is relative error and absolute error?
Asked by Prachi Panwar
| 13th Apr, 2013,
06:37: AM
Expert Answer:
The difference between the measured or inferred value of a quantity
and its actual value
, given by
Relative Error:
Relative error gives an indication of how good a measurement is relative to the
size of the thing being measured.
The difference between the measured or inferred value of a quantity and its actual value
, given by

Relative Error:
Relative error gives an indication of how good a measurement is relative to the
size of the thing being measured.
Answered by
| 13th Apr, 2013,
10:38: AM
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