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Standard XII

Physics

Relative Acceleration

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The accuracy in the measurement of length 50 cm of a simple pendulum is 1 mm. If time period of 2s is determined by measuring the time of 50 oscillations using a watch of resolution 0.2s. The percentage error in the determined value of g is (1) 0.2% (2) 0.3% (3) 0.6% (4) 0.4%

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