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JEE Mains · Physics · STD 11 - 1. units,dimensions and measurement

A quantity Q is formulated as \(\mathrm{X}^{-2} \mathrm{Y}^{+\frac{3}{2}} \mathrm{Z}^{-\frac{2}{5}} \cdot \mathrm{X}, \mathrm{Y}\) and Z are independent parameters which have fractional errors of \(0.1,0.2\) and 0.5 , respectively in measurement. The maximum fractional error of Q is _______.

  1. A 0.1
  2. B 0.8
  3. C 0.7
  4. D 0.6
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(C) 0.7

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\(\begin{aligned} & \text { Fractional error }=2 \frac{\Delta X}{X}+\frac{3}{2} \frac{\Delta Y}{Y}+\frac{2}{5} \frac{\Delta Z}{Z} \\ & =2(0.1)+\frac{3}{2}(0.2)+\frac{2}{5}(0.5) \\ & =0.2+0.3+0.2=0.7\end{aligned}\)
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