A cylindrical wire of mass (0. 4 ± 0. 01) g has length (8 ± 0. 04) cm and radius (6 ± 0. 03) mm. The maximum error in its density will be
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D
The formula to calculate the density of the material of the wire is given by
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Hence, the formula to calculate the percentage error in calculating the density of the material can be written as
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Substitute the values of the known parameters into equation to calculate the required percentage error.
=4%
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