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It depends on a number of things: one is the distance of the arm, another is the expense of improving the accuracy, yet another is the cost of getting it wrong.

To explain, an error of 1 degree, across the length of a page will probably not be noticed. But a 1 deg error, when locating a star, for example, means that you will miss it by light years.

You can always increase the accuracy - use finer instruments, take more time etc. But will it all be worth the additional accuracy?

If you are doing a drawing to put up in your room and a line that should be vertical happens to be 89 degrees, well, does it really matter? But if the same error was made in an architect's drawing for a skyscraper (and acted upon), I would not like to live in that building!

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