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

An experiment is performed to obtain the value of acceleration due to gravity \(g\) by using a simple pendulum of length \(L\). In this experiment time for \(100\, oscillations\) is measured by using a watch of \(1\, second\) least count and the value is \(90.0\, seconds\). The length \(L\) is measured by using a meter scale of least count \(1\, mm\) and the value is \(20.0\, cm\). The  error in the determination of \(g\) would be  ........... \(\%\)

  1. A \(1.7\)
  2. B \(2.7\)
  3. C \(4.4\)
  4. D \(2.27\)
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(B) \(2.7\)

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Here, \(T=2 \pi \sqrt{\frac{L}{g}}\) or \(T^{2}=4 \pi^{2}(L / g)\) So, \(g=\frac{4 \pi^{2} L}{T^{2}}\) Thus, \(\frac{\Delta g}{g}=\frac{\Delta L}{L}+2 \frac{\Delta T}{T}\) % error in \(g=\frac{\Delta g}{g} \times 100\)…
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