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Your company has a manual 2D microscope that can measure the coordinates of 2D profiles. You have been asked to develop a least squares algorithm in Excel to calculate the center and radius of circular features. Given the standard uncertainty of x and y coordinates is 15 μm, calculate the uncertainties associated with the radius and center coordinates. Describe how to reduce the measurement uncertainties.