A person measures the depth of a well by measuring the time interval between dropping…
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Problem
A person measures the depth of a well by measuring the time interval between dropping a stone and receiving the sound of impact with the bottom of the well. The error in his measurement of time is δT=0.01 seconds and he measures the depth of the well to be L=20 meters. Take the acceleration due to gravity g=10 ms−2 and the velocity of sound is 300 ms−1. Then the fractional error in the measurement, δL/L, is closest to
(1) 0.2%
(2) 1%
(3) 3%
(4) 5%