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In a potentiometer experiment
balancing lengths for first cell and second cell
are 2.5 m and 2 m respectively, when cells are
E1
used separately. Hence
is
E2
(а) 0.8
(b) 1.0
(c) 1.1
(d) 1.25
If a student measured the edge length of a cubic metal nine times as follows: 5.16, 5.29, 5.20, 5.08, 5.23, 5.36,
5.11, 5.28 and 5.12 cm. The student also measured the mass of the cube to be 380.5±0.5 g. Answer the
following four questions
1.5/6
2.
3.
1. The sample standard deviation for the edge length of the cube is
0.09 cm
0.03 cm
0.05 cm
4.
a.
c.
d.
0.12 cm
e. 0.06 cm
The best estimate for the edge length of the cube is
a.
5.2033+0.0315 cm
b. 5.2033+0.0944 cm
c. 5.20+0.09 cm
d. 5.20+0.06 cm
5.2010.03 cm
The volume of the cubic metallic piece is
a. 140.910.09 cm3
140.8+0.08 cm3
c. 14113 cm3.
d. 140+2 cm3
e. 140+3 cm3
The density of the metal is
a. 2.71±0.07 g/cm3
(b) 2.700±0.06 g/cm3
c. 2.700+0.005 g/cm3
d. 2.70±0.06 g/cm3
e. 2.70±0.05 g/cm3
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