Consider the product of intervals A and B - A: center Ca > 0 and error percentage Pa - B: center Cb > 0 and error percentage Pb where Pa and Pb are small A = (Ca(1 - Pa), Ca(1 + Pa)) B = (Cb(1 - Pb), Cb(1 + Pb)) A*B = (CaCb(1 - Pa)(1 - Pb), CaCb(1 + Pa)(1 + Pb)) = (CaCb(1 - Pa - Pb + PaPb), CaCb(1 + Pa + Pb + PaPb)) ~ (CaCb(1 - (Pa + Pb)), CaCb(1 + (Pa + Pb))) Has center CaCb and error percentage ~ Pa + Pb