In the experiment you will have to measure the masses of the gliders and the wid
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Question
In the experiment you will have to measure the masses of the gliders and the widths or their flags. In the table below are a set of values measured by another student
Quantity
ws [m]
ms [kg]
wb [m]
mb [kg]
Value
0.04
0.13
0.059
0.3
The error in either width can be considered to be +/-0.002 m and in the masses you can assume a measurment error of +/-0.0001 kg.
Find the relative errors in all these quantities
ws/ws= [Num]
ms/ms= [Num]
wb/wb= [Num]
mb/mb= [Num]
In the experiment you will have to measure the masses of the gliders and the widths or their flags. In the table below are a set of values measured by another student
Quantity
ws [m]
ms [kg]
wb [m]
mb [kg]
Value
0.04
0.13
0.059
0.3
The error in either width can be considered to be +/-0.002 m and in the masses you can assume a measurment error of +/-0.0001 kg.
Find the relative errors in all these quantities
ws/ws= [Num]
ms/ms= [Num]
wb/wb= [Num]
mb/mb= [Num]
Explanation / Answer
ws = 0.002 m
ws =0.04 m
ws/ws= 0.002/0.04 = 0.005
ms= 0.0001 Kg
ms= 0.13 Kg
ms/ms= 0.0001/0.13=0.00077
wb= 0.002 m
wb= 0.059 m
wb/wb= 0.002/0.059 = 0.034
mb = 0.0001 Kg
mb= 0.3 Kg
mb/mb= 0.0001/0.3 = 0.00033