Explanation
Accuracy refers to how close the average of a set of measurements is to the true or accepted value. The true value is 10.04 m, and the average (mean) of the five measurements is 10.056 m \(\left(\frac{10.08+10.02+10.05+10.04+10.09}{5}\right)\). Because this average is very close to the true distance (with an error of only 0.016 m), the measurement set is considered accurate.
Precision refers to how close the individual measurements are to one another (their reproducibility or spread). In this case, the values range from 10.02 m to 10.09 m, showing a relatively wide spread of 0.07 m. Because the individual points are scattered and do not tightly cluster together, they lack precision. [1, 2, 3, 4]