Errors in measurement can arise from negligence, faulty apparatus, or inappropriate methods, so all listed are possible causes.
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The distance x determined by the difference between two separate position measurements are x1 = 10.5 ± 0.1 cm and x2 = 26.8 ± 0.1 cm. Then x will be recorded as:
Because kinetic energy ∝ p^2, doubling momentum (100% increase) makes kinetic energy four times, an increase of 300%.
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The time of 30 vibrations of a simple pendulum is recorded as 54.6 seconds by a stop-watch whose least count is 0.1 second. The time period in seconds will be quoted as:
Absolute uncertainty is commonly taken as the least count (smallest scale division) of the instrument.
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The resistance of a metal is given by R = V / I. In a circuit the potential difference across resistance is V = (8 ± 0.5) V and current is I = (4 ± 0.2) A. What is the value of resistance with its percentage error?
The focal length of a mirror is given by f = uv/(u + v), where u and v represent object and image distances respectively. The maximum relative error in f is