All Textbook Topics - Measurement - Accuracy introduction - To take accurate measurements, equipment must be properly zeroed (tared)

To take accurate measurements, equipment must be properly zeroed (tared)

To take accurate measurements, your equipment must be zeroed properly.

If you do not zero the equipment, you will introduce errors into the results.

Here is a set of images showing a ruler not zeroed properly then zeroed properly:

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