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

The period of oscillation of a simple pendulum is \(T=2\pi \sqrt {\frac{l}{g}} \). Measured value of \(L\) is \(20.0\; cm\) known to \(1\; mm\) accuracy and time for \(100\) oscillations of the pendulum is found to be \(90\ s\) using a wrist watch of \(1\; s\) resolution. The accuracy in the determination of \(g\) is   ........ \(\%\)

  1. A \(3\)
  2. B \(1 \)
  3. C \(5\)
  4. D \(2 \)
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(A) \(3\)

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AS, \(g = 4\,{\pi ^2}\frac{l}{{{T^2}}}\) So, \(\frac{{\Delta g}}{g} \times 100 = \frac{{\Delta l}}{L} \times 100 + 2\frac{{\Delta T}}{T} \times 100\) \( = \frac{{0.1}}{{20}} \times 100 + 2 \times \frac{1}{{90}} \times 100 = 2.72 \simeq 3\% \)
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