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In a simple pendulum experiment for determination of acceleration due to gravity 
, time taken for 20 oscillations is measured by using a watch of 1 second least count. The mean value of time taken comes out to be 
.. The length of pendulum is measured by using a meter scale of least count 
and the value obtained is 
. The percentage error in the determination of 
is close to:
A
B
C
D
Text Solution
Verified by ExpertsThe correct answer is:
C
,
percentage error in 
is
.
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