Physics · 2021
JEE Main · 22 July 2021, Shift 2 · Q30
Three students S_1, S_2 and S_3 perform an experiment for determining the acceleration due to gravity (g) using a simple pendulum. They use different…
Three students $\displaystyle \mathrm{S}_1, \mathrm{~S}_2$ and $\displaystyle \mathrm{S}_3$ perform an experiment for determining the acceleration due to gravity (g) using a simple pendulum. They use different lengths of pendulum and record time for different number of oscillations. The observations are as shown in the table.
(Least count of length $\displaystyle =0.1 \mathrm{~cm}$
least count for time $\displaystyle =0.1 \mathrm{~s}$ )
If $\displaystyle \mathrm{E}_1, \mathrm{E}_2$ and $\displaystyle \mathrm{E}_3$ are the percentage errors in ' g ' for students $\displaystyle 1,2$ and $\displaystyle 3$ respectively, then the minimum percentage error is obtained by student no. \_\_\_\_.
| Student No. | Length of Pendulum (cm) | No. of oscillations (n) | Total time for n oscillations | Time period (s) |
| $\displaystyle 1$ | $\displaystyle 64.0$ | $\displaystyle 8$ | $\displaystyle 128.0$ | $\displaystyle 16.0$ |
| $\displaystyle 2$ | $\displaystyle 64.0$ | $\displaystyle 4$ | $\displaystyle 64.0$ | $\displaystyle 16.0$ |
| $\displaystyle 3$ | $\displaystyle 20.0$ | $\displaystyle 4$ | $\displaystyle 36.0$ | $\displaystyle 9.0$ |
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