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Which of the following is a good predictor of a period $\text{t}$ of a swinging pendulum based on the factors such as Length (l), Angle ($\theta$), the mass (m) and acceleration due to gravity (g)?

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The length of string of a simple pendulum as measured by a meter scale was found to be $98.2 \;cm$ The diameter of the bob was measured by a vernier caliper and it was found to be $3.62\;cm$ The time for 10 oscillations was found to be $21.2\; s$ Suggest method to improve the accuracy of the result.

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The length of string of a simple pendulum as measured by a meter scale was found to be $98.2 \;cm$ The diameter of the bob was measured by a vernier caliper and it was found to be $3.62\;cm$ The time for 10 oscillations was found to be $21.2\; s$ . To get more accurate value of g , will more accurate measurement of bob will help ?

asked Jul 11, 2014 by meena.p

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The length of string of a simple pendulum as measured by a meter scale was found to be 98.2cm. The diameter of the bob was measured by a vernier caliper and it was found to be 3.62cm. The time for 10 oscillations was found to be 21.2 seconds. What is maximum error in the value of g?

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The length of string of a simple pendulum as measured by a meter scale was found to be $98.2 \;cm$ The diameter of the bob was measured by a vernier caliper and it was found to be $3.62\;cm$ The time for 10 oscillations was found to be 21.2 s What is the effective length of the pendulum

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While measuring the volume of sphere an error of $1.2 \%$ is committed in the measurement of radius. What percentage error is introduced in the measurement of volume ?

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The length and breadth of a rectangular area are 25.2 cm and 16.8 cm respectively and have been measured to an accuracy of 0.1 cm. Find the percentage error in the area .

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The initial and final temperature of water in a container are observed as $15 \pm 0.5^{C}$ and $40 \pm 0.2 ^{\circ}$ what is the rise in temperature ?

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Two resistances $R_1=50 \pm 1\;ohm$ and $R_2=100 \pm 3\;ohm$ are connected in series. Assuming the errors to be limiting error , find the equivalent resistance with error.

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The distance of a point p from a point source of light $S_1$ is $100. 1243\;cm$ and from another point source $S_2$ is $100.1664\;cm$ Find $(S_2P-S_1P)$ and $(S_2P +S_1P)$ correct upto the same number of significant figures.

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Find the number of significant figures in the mass difference between a proton and a neutron. Given that mass of a proton $= 1.672649 \times 10^{27}$ mass of a neutron $= 1.674954 \times 10^{-27} kg$

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Find the value of the following expression : $\large\frac{5.3 \times 10^4 }{3.3 \times 10^{-2}} +$$ \sqrt { 1.6 \times 10^{12}}$

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If the volume of $1.32 \;kg$ of an iron ball is $0.17\;m^3$ find the density.

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What is the total length of a line where different segments measure $8.26\;cm,2.3\;cm,2.89\;cm$ and $7.762\;cm?$

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$ 0.000070 kg$ of ink is filled in a fountain pen of mass $0.0152 kg$ . What is the total mass of filled fountain pen ?

asked Jul 10, 2014 by meena.p

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What is the value of parallactic seconds (parsec) in S.I units?

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What is the value of a light year in SI Units?

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The time period of a sample pendulum is to be determined with the help of a stop clock having a least count of $ \large\frac{1}{3}$ seconds. If the estimated time period is about 2 second time for how many oscillations must be recorded so that the periodic time is determined with an error less than $0.67%$

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The measured mass and volume of a bosy are $2.42\; g$ and $4.8\; cm^3$ respectively. With possible errors 0.01 g and $0.1 cm^3$ the maximum error in density is about

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A cube is of edge $1.2 \times 10^{-2} m$. The volume of cube is

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What is the perimeter and area of a rectangle whose length is $6.01$ m and width is $1.2 m$

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If the unit of length is x metres in a new system of units (x > 1) then the numerical value of area in the new system of units will be how many times its numerical value in S. I?

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Parsec is a unit of

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A fermi is equivalent to

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Which of the following is not a unit of time

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The dimensional formula of magnetic flux is:

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If E is the electric field intensity and $ \mu_0$ is the permeability of free space, then the quantity $\large\frac{E^2}{\mu_0}$ has the dimensions of

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Light -year is a unit of

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One micron is equal to

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Prove that $\tan^{-1}{\frac{1}{4}}+\tan^{-1}{\frac{2}{9}}=\sin^{-1}{\frac{1}{\sqrt 5}}$

asked Jul 9, 2014 by balaji.thirumalai

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Prove that \[ 2sin^{-1} \frac{3}{5} = tan^{-1} \frac{24}{7} \]

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