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Question 102 of 121

In a simple pendulum experiment for determination of acceleration due to gravity (g)(g), time taken for 2020 oscillations is measures by using a watch of 11 second least count. The mean value of time taken comes out to be 30s30s. The length of the pendulum is measured by using a meter scale of least count 1mm1mm and the value obtained is 55.0cm55.0cm. The percentage error in the determination of gg is close to

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Answer: (B) 6.8\text{6.8}%

g=4π2lT2g=\dfrac{4{\pi }^{2}l}{{T}^{2}}
∆gg=∆ll+2∆TT\dfrac{∆g}{g}=\dfrac{∆l}{l}+\dfrac{2∆T}{T}
=0.155+2×(130)=\dfrac{0.1}{55}+2\times \left(\dfrac{1}{30}\right)
=0.06848=0.06848
Percentage error
≈6.8\approx 6.8%

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