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5.2

The thermometer has a traceable calibration.

However this only says that the measured value is correct within an interval of ± 0.2 ° C. What is the underlying distribution??

All one can do is to suppose that there is a symmetric lower and upper bound of the

interval { T - D T + D } and that any value between this interval has an equal probability .

T = 293.25 [K]

T -

T +

probability density

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293

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temperature

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