JEE Advanced · Physics · 29. Experimental Physics
During an experiment with a metre bridge, the galvanometer shows a null point when the jockey is pressed at using a standard resistance of ,as shown in the figure. The least count of the scale used in the metre bridge is . The unknown resistance is

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The unknown resistance is given by,
Putting , For error analysis,
In multiplication and division, fractional errors get added up.
Putting , For error analysis,
In multiplication and division, fractional errors get added up.
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