In a laboratory

PHYSICS · Multi-part · A Level · Physics · Further mechanics and thermal physics · Further mechanics and thermal physics

Problem

In a laboratory, the time period of a simple pendulum is measured as 2.000 s2.000\,\text{s} with an uncertainty of ±0.020 s\pm 0.020\,\text{s}. (a) Compute the corresponding length of the pendulum. (b) Estimate the maximum percentage error in the calculated length due to the given uncertainty in TT.

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