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PhysicsErrorMiscellaneousEasy2 minPYQ_2015
PhysicsEasyinteger
The energy of a system as a function of timeis given as, where. The measurement ofhas an error of 1.25%. If the error in the measurement of time is 1.50%, the percentage error in the value ofats is
Answer:
4
Solution:
Energy
For small % errors, we can, do differentiation
Fractional error
% error
(errors always add up)
Alternate solution:
Taking natural logarithm on both sides,
Differentiating
For small fractional erros, errors always add up
Stream:JEE_ADVSubject:PhysicsTopic:ErrorSubtopic:Miscellaneous
⏱ 2mℹ️ Source: PYQ_2015
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