Physic 191 23

Question

The time taken for a given event is 7.4 s and the possible error is 0.05 s, what is the relative error?

a.

0.001

b.

0.007

c.

0.003

d.

0.005

Answer 1

Correct option is b. 0.007

Relative error = \(\frac{Possible\ error}{Measurement\ error}\)

= \(\frac{0.05}{7.4}\)

= 0.007