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Worksheet - SF & Error Analysis

This worksheet covers significant figures and error analysis, including rounding numbers, determining significant figures in measurements, and calculating percentage errors in various physical quantities. It includes problems related to the area of a rectangle, errors in pendulum measurements, and calculations involving resistances and refractive indices. The document provides a comprehensive set of exercises aimed at enhancing understanding of significant figures and error propagation in measurements.

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Worksheet - SF & Error Analysis

This worksheet covers significant figures and error analysis, including rounding numbers, determining significant figures in measurements, and calculating percentage errors in various physical quantities. It includes problems related to the area of a rectangle, errors in pendulum measurements, and calculations involving resistances and refractive indices. The document provides a comprehensive set of exercises aimed at enhancing understanding of significant figures and error propagation in measurements.

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TOPIC:- SIGNIFICANT FIGURES & ERROR ANALYSIS


1. Round off the following upto three significant figures: 36.879 and 1.0084.
2. Write the number of significant figures in the following measurements: 0.005704,
1007, 10809, 6.62 x 10-34, 3.500, 56080, 6.023 x 1023.
3. A physical quantity is related to four observables a, b, c and d as
follows: P=a3b2/d3/2c1/2
The % error of measurement in a, b, c and d are 2%,1%, 3%, and 4%
respectively. What is the % error in the quantity P?
4. The measured values of length and breadth of a rectangle along with maximum
permissible error are expressed as follows :
l= (12.08 ± 0.01) cm, b=(10.12 ± 0.01)cm. Calculate the % error in the
area of the rectangle.
5. If the length and time period of an oscillating pendulum have errors of
1% and 2% respectively, what is the % error in the calculation of g?
6. (a) The radius of a sphere is measured with an error of 2%. Find the % error in the
measurement of its (i) area (ii) volume.
(b) The mass of a cube is uncertain by 2% and length of its edge is
uncertain by 1%. What is the maximum % error in its calculated density?

7. If two resistances of values R1=(2.0±0.1)Ω and R=(12.3±0.2) Ω are put


in parallel, find the error in the equivalent resistance.
8. The potential difference across the ends of a wire has been measured to
be (100±5)volt and the resistance of the wire as (10±0.2)ohm. What is
the % error in the calculated value of the current flowing in the wire?
9. In an experiment, refractive index of glass was observed to be 1.45, 1.56, 1.54, 1.44,
1.54, and 1.53. Calculate (i) mean value of refractive index (ii) mean absolute error
(iii) fractional error and (iv) percentage error. Also express the result in terms of
absolute error and percentage error.
10.The length, breadth and thickness of a rectangular sheet of metal are 4.234 m, 1.005
m, and 2.01 cm respectively. Give the area and volume of the sheet to correct
significant figures.
11.The mass of a box measured by a grocer’s balance is 2.300 kg. Two gold pieces of
masses 20.15 g and 20.17 g are added to the box. What is (a) the total mass of the
box, (b) the difference in the masses of the pieces to correct significant figures?
12. A physical quantity P is related to four observables a, b, c and d as follows :
P = a3 b2 / (√c d)
The percentage errors of measurement in a, b, c and d are 1%, 3%, 4% and 2%,
respectively. What is the percentage error in the quantity P? If the value of P calculated
using the above relation turns out to be 3.763, to what value should you round off the
result?

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