Q.

A student measures the time period of 20 oscillation of simple pendulum five times. That data set is 53s,52s,55s,54s  and  51s. If the minimum division in the measuring clock is  1s. then the reported time period should be

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a

50±1sec

b

52±2sec

c

53±2sec

d

53±1sec

answer is D.

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Detailed Solution

tmean=ttrue=53+52+55+54+515=53sec

Mean error 0+1+2+1+25=65=1.2

Least count is 1 sec, means round off 1.2 to 1 sec.

t=53±1sec

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