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Yes, of course, you lose more precision if you round to a half inch. Try rounding 0.76 to the nearest half unit, and to the nearest quarter unit, and see what happens.


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Q: Can an object that when measured to the nearest quarter inch have a different length then when measured to the nearest half inch?
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