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

A simple pendulum is being used to determine the value of gravitational acceleration \(\mathrm{g}\) at a certain place. The length of the pendulum is \(25.0\; \mathrm{cm}\) and a stop watch with \(1\; \mathrm{s}\) resolution measures the time taken for \(40\) oscillations to be \(50\; s\). The accuracy in \(g\) is  ....... \(\%\)

  1. A \(3.40\)
  2. B \(5.40 \)
  3. C \(4.40 \)
  4. D \(2.40 \)
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(C) \(4.40 \)

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\(\mathrm{T}=2 \pi \sqrt{\frac{\ell}{\mathrm{g}}}\) \(\mathrm{g}=\frac{4 \pi^{2} \ell}{\mathrm{T}^{2}}\) \(\frac{\Delta g}{g}=\frac{\Delta \ell}{\ell}+\frac{2 \Delta T}{T}\) \(=\frac{0.1}{25}+\frac{2 \times 1}{50}\) \(\frac{\Delta g}{g}=4.4 \%\)
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