Question
The period of oscillation of a simple pendulum is . The 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 wrist watch of 1 s resolution. The accuracy in the determination of g is:
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2%
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3%
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1%
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5%
Solution
B.
3%
Time period,
thus, changes can be expressed as
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