Consider a series of measurements of the length of a box in an experiment. The readings are $2.4 \ m, 2.5 \ m, 2.6 \ m, 2.8 \ m, 3.0 \ m$. What would be the relative error?

  • A
    $0.11$
  • B
    $0.089$
  • C
    $0.079$
  • D
    $0.072$

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