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Thickness of a pencil measured by using a screw gauge (least count $0.001 \,cm$ ) comes out to be $0.802 \,cm$. The percentage error in the measurement is ........... $\%$
A
$0.125$
B
$2.43$
C
$4.12$
D
$2.14$
Solution
(a)
The percentage error is $\frac{\Delta L}{L} \times 100 \%=\frac{0.001}{0.802} \times 100 \%=0.1246 \% \simeq 0.125 \%$
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A student determined Young's Modulus of elasticity using the formula $Y=\frac{M g L^{3}}{4 b d^{3} \delta} .$ The value of $g$ is taken to be $9.8 \,{m} / {s}^{2}$, without any significant error, his observation are as following.
| Physical Quantity | Least count of the Equipment used for measurement | Observed value |
| Mass $({M})$ | $1\; {g}$ | $2\; {kg}$ |
| Length of bar $(L)$ | $1\; {mm}$ | $1 \;{m}$ |
| Breadth of bar $(b)$ | $0.1\; {mm}$ | $4\; {cm}$ |
| Thickness of bar $(d)$ | $0.01\; {mm}$ | $0.4 \;{cm}$ |
| Depression $(\delta)$ | $0.01\; {mm}$ | $5 \;{mm}$ |
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