A simple pendulum is being used to determine the value of gravitational acceleration $$g$$ at a certain place. The length of the pendulum is $$25.0cm$$ and a stopwatch with $$1s$$ resolution measures the time taken for $$40$$ oscillation to be $$50s$$. The accuracy in $$g$$ is:
Correct option is D. $$4.40$$%
For simple pendulum$$T = 2\pi \sqrt{\dfrac{l}{g}}$$
so, $$\dfrac{\Delta T}{T} = \dfrac{1}{2} \left(\dfrac{\Delta l}{l} + \dfrac{\Delta g}{g}\right)$$
Givn $$\Delta T = 1 \ sec$$ $$T = 50 sec$$
$$\Delta l = 0.1 cm$$
$$l = 25 cm$$
$$\dfrac{\Delta g}{g} = \dfrac{2\Delta T}{T} + \dfrac{\Delta l}{l}$$
$$\dfrac{\Delta g}{g} = 2\times \dfrac{1}{50} + \dfrac{0.1}{25} = \dfrac{1.1}{25}$$
$$\dfrac{\Delta g}{g} = \dfrac{1.1}{25}$$
$$\% \dfrac{\Delta g}{g} = \dfrac{1.1}{25} \times 100 = 4.4 \%$$