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A student measures the distance covered and time taken by a body under free fall which was initially at rest. He uses this data for estimatingg, the acceleration due to gravity. If the maximum percentage errors in measurement of the distance and the time aree1ande2respectively, then the maximum possible percentage error in the estimation ofgis

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From the relation

h = ut + 1 2 gt 2

h = 1 2 gt 2 ⇒ g = 2 h t 2 ∵ body initially at rest

Taking natural logarithms on both sides, we get

lng=lnh-2lnt+ln2

Differentiating, Δ g g = Δ h h - 2 Δ t t

For maximum permissible errors, we add both the errors. So

Δgg×100max=Δhh×100+2×Δtt×100


Δ h h × 100 = e 1 and Δ t t × 100 = e 2

Therefore, Δ g g × 100 max =  e 1 + 2 e 2

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