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Define Mean absolute error.
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Solution
For a given set of measurements of the same quantity, the arithmetic mean of all the absolute errors is called mean absolute error in the measurement of that physical quantity.
`triangle "a"_"mean" = (triangle"a"_1 + triangle"a"_2 + ......+ triangle"a"_"n")/"n" = 1/"n"` \[\sum_{i=1}^n\triangle a_i\]
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