A simple pendulum is being used to determine the vale of gravitational acceleration at a certain place. The length of the pendulum is 25.0 cm and a stop watch with 1 s resolution measures the time taken for 40 oscillations to be 50 s. The accuracy in is:
- (A)✓ Correct
- (B)
- (C)
- (D)
Answer: (A)
Solution
From we have , so . The length reads cm with least count cm, giving , and the stop-watch resolves s over the s taken for swings, so . Hence , about .
JEE Main · 2020 · 08 Jan 2020 · Shift 2 · Single correct option