Home
Class 12
PHYSICS
The pressure on a circular plate is meas...

The pressure on a circular plate is measured by measuring the force on the plate and the radius of the plate. If the errors in measurement of the force and the radius are 5% and 3% respectively, the percentage of error in the measurement of pressure is

A

8

B

14

C

11

D

12

Text Solution

Verified by Experts

The correct Answer is:
C
The percentage of error in the measurement of pressure is, `P = F + r^(2)`
`DeltaP/P xx 100 = DeltaF/F + 2Delta r/r`
`DeltaP/P xx 100 = 5 + 2(3) = 11`
Promotional Banner

Topper's Solved these Questions

  • OSCILLATIONS

    SIA PUBLICATION|Exercise MCQS|35 Videos

  • QUESTION PAPER

    SIA PUBLICATION|Exercise PHYSICS|14 Videos

Similar Questions

Explore conceptually related problems

The error in the measurement of length and radius of a cylinder are 1% and 2% respectively. The maximum percentage of error in its volume is

The pressure on a square plate is measured by measuring the force on the plate and the length of the sides of the plate by using the formula P=(F)/(l^(2)) . If the maximum errors in the measurement of force and the length are 4% and 2% respectively and the maximum error in the measurement of pressure is x %, then the value of x is.

If Y=a+b , the maximum percentage error in the measurement of Y will be

If Y=a-b , then maximum percentage error in the measurement of Y will be

We know that the density of a cube can be measured by measuring its mass and length of its side. If the maximum errors in the measurement of mass and length are 3% and 2% respectively, what is the maximum error in the measurement of the density of the cube?

SIA PUBLICATION-PHYSICAL WORLD AND UNITS OF MEASUREMENTS-MCQ
  1. Force F is given by the equation F = X/Linear density Then dimension o...

    Text Solution

    |

  2. The pressure on a circular plate is measured by measuring the force on...

    Text Solution

    |

  3. If C the velocity of light,h Planck's constant and G gravitational con...

    Text Solution

    |

  4. If E, M, J and G respectively denote energy, mass angular momentum and...

    Text Solution

    |

  5. The dimensional formula of 1/2mu(0)H^(2) (mu(0) = permeability of free...

    Text Solution

    |

  6. If the force is given by F = at + bt^(2) with t as time. The dimension...

    Text Solution

    |

  7. When a wave traverses a medium, the displacement of a particle located...

    Text Solution

    |

  8. The Energy (E), Angular momentum (L) and Universal gravitational const...

    Text Solution

    |

  9. Some physical constants are given in Column I and their dimensional fo...

    Text Solution

    |

  10. If C, R, L and I denote Capacity, Resistance, Inductance and Electric ...

    Text Solution

    |

  11. Names of units of some physical quantities are given in column I and t...

    Text Solution

    |

  12. The position of a particle at time t is given by the equation x(t) = V...

    Text Solution

    |

  13. In planetary motion the areal velocity of position vector of a planet ...

    Text Solution

    |

  14. The vander waal's equation for a gas is (p + a/V^(2))(V - b) = nRT whe...

    Text Solution

    |

  15. In the measurement of a physical quantity X = A^(2)B/C^(1//3)D^(3) The...

    Text Solution

    |

  16. In CGS system the magnitude of the force is 100 dyne.In another system...

    Text Solution

    |

  17. In an experiment of simple pendulum, the errors in the measurement of ...

    Text Solution

    |

  18. The fundamental physical quantities that have same dimensions in the d...

    Text Solution

    |

  19. If pressure P, velocity V and Time T are taken as fundamental physical...

    Text Solution

    |

  20. The dimensional formula for Latent heat is

    Text Solution

    |