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JEE Mains · Physics · STD 11 - Units,dimensions and measurement
  • JEE Mains 2022
  • Medium
  • Numerical

A sliver wire has mass \((0.6 \pm 0.006) \; g\), radius \((0.5 \pm 0.005) \; mm\) and length \((4 \pm 0.04) \; cm\). The maximum percentage error in the measurement of its density will be \(......\,\%\)

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(A) \(4\)

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\(M=(0.6 \pm 0.006) \; g\)

\(r=(0.5 \pm 0.005) \; mm\)

\(l=(4 \pm 0.04) \; cm\)

\(\rho=\frac{m}{V}\)

\(\Rightarrow \frac{\Delta \rho}{\rho}=\frac{\Delta m}{m}+\frac{2 \Delta r}{r}+\frac{\Delta l}{l}\)

(Volume of cylinder \(=\pi r^{2} l\) )

\(=\frac{0.006}{0.6}+\frac{2 \times 0.005}{0.5}+\frac{0.04}{4}\)

\(100 \times \frac{\Delta \rho}{\rho}=4 \times 10^{-2} \times 100\)

\(\frac{\Delta \rho}{\rho} \times 100=4 \%\)

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