A physical quantity A depends on four quantities p , q , r and s as A = p q r 3 s 2 . The percentage errors of measurement in p , q , r and s are 2%, 4%, 1% and 0.5% respectively. The maximum percenta

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A physical quantity A depends on four quantities p , q , r and s as A = p q r 3 s 2 . The percentage errors of measurement in p , q , r and s are 2%, 4%, 1% and 0.5% respectively. The maximum percentage error in A is

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% error in A = 1 2 ( 2 ) + 1 2 ( 4 ) + 3 ( 1 ) + 2 ( 0.5 ) = 1 + 2 + 3 + 1 = 7 % .

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