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Q.

A student measures the time period of 100 oscillations of a simple pendulum four times. The data set is 90 s, 91 s, 95 s and 92 s. If the minimum division in the measuring clock is 1 s, then the reported mean time is 92 ± ns, the value of n is ______.

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Detailed Solution

Here, 

t1=90 s, t2=91 s, t3=95 s, t4=92 s L.C.=1 s

Mean of the measurements, t¯=itiN=92 s

Mean deviation=it¯-tiN=2+1+3+04=1.5 s

Since the least count of the instrument is 1 s, so reported mean time =92 ± 2 s. Then the value of n is 2.

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