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In a Searle's experiment, the diameter of the wire as measured by a screw gauge with least count 0.001 cm is 0.050 cm. The length, measured by a scale of least count 0.1 cm, is 110.0 cm. When a weight of 50 N is suspended from the wire, the extension is measured to be 0.125 cm by a micrometer of least count 0.001 cm. Find the maximum error in the measurement of Young's modulus of the material of the wire from these data. y=WA×LXWhere W is the weight suspended from the wire, A is the cross section area, L is the length and X is the extension in the wire.[IIT JEE 2004]

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In a Searle's experiment, the diameter of the wire as measured by a screw gauge with least count 0.001 cm is 0.050 cm. The length, measured by a scale of least count 0.1 cm, is 110.0 cm. When a weight of 50 N is suspended from the wire, the extension is measured to be 0.125 cm by a micrometer of least count 0.001 cm. Find the maximum error in the measurement of Young's modulus of the material of the wire from these data.


y=WA×LX

Where W is the weight suspended from the wire, A is the cross section area, L is the length and X is the extension in the wire.



[IIT JEE 2004]





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