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At a certain place, the acceleration due to gravity is determined using a simple pendulum. The length of the pendulum is 25.0 cm and a stopwatch with least count of 1 s measures the time taken by the pendulum for 40 oscillations to be 50 s. The accuracy in the measurement of g is
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Options:
  • A 4.40%
  • B 3.40%
  • C 2.40%
  • D 5.40%
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The correct answer is: 4.40%
ΔTT=12Δgg+ΔLLΔgg=2ΔTT+ΔLL;  =2150+0.125.0=4.4%

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