JEE Main & Advanced Physics Mathematical Tools, Units & Dimensions JEE PYQ - Mathematical Tools Units and Dimensions

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    In the density measurement of a cube, the mass and edge length are measured as \[\left( 10.00\pm 0.10 \right)\text{ }kg\]and\[\left( 0.10\pm 0.01 \right)\text{ }m,\]respectively. The error in the measurement of density is :      [JEE Main 9-4-2019 Morning]

    A) \[0.10\text{ }kg/{{m}^{3}}\]

    B) \[0.31\text{ }kg/{{m}^{3}}\]

    C) \[0.07\text{ }kg/{{m}^{3}}\]

    D) \[0.01\text{ }kg/{{m}^{3}}\]

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    [b]\[\rho =\frac{m}{\text{v}}\]
    maximum % error in S will be given by
    \[\frac{\Delta \rho }{\rho }\times 100%=\left( \frac{\Delta m}{m} \right)\times 100%+3\left( \frac{\Delta L}{L} \right)\times 100%\]                                                     ...(i)
    which is only possible when error is small which is not the case in this question.
    Yet if we apply equation (i), we get
    \[\Delta \rho =3100kg/{{m}^{3}}\]
    Now, we will calculate error, without using approximation.
    \[\rho {{ & }_{\min }}=\frac{{{m}_{\min }}}{{{\text{v}}_{\max }}}=\frac{9.9}{{{(0.11)}^{3}}}=7438kg/{{m}^{3}}\]
    \[\And \,\rho {{ & }_{\max }}=\frac{{{m}_{\max }}}{{{\text{v}}_{\min }}}=\frac{10.1}{{{(0.09)}^{3}}}=13854.6kg/{{m}^{3}}\]
    \[\Delta \,\rho =6416.6kg/{{m}^{3}}\]
    No option is matching.
    Therefore this question should be awarded bonus


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