4.

First of all we find the maximum error for every measured resi stance:

ΔR1=1.25Ω

ΔR2=2Ω

ΔR1=2.5Ω

Then we find the maximum error on 1/R using the sum in quadrature of the partial derivative for every
variable (R1,R2,R3) multiplied by their own maximum error.

Therefore:

1
𝜕(𝑅 ) 1
= − 2+0+0
𝜕𝑅1 𝑅1

1
𝜕( )
𝑅 = − 1 +0+0
𝜕𝑅2 𝑅22

1
𝜕(𝑅 ) 1
= − 2+0+0
𝜕𝑅3 𝑅3

1 ∆𝑅12 ∆𝑅22 ∆𝑅32

∆ = √ 4 + 4 + 4
𝑅 𝑅1 𝑅2 𝑅3

1 1.5625 4 6.25
∆ = √ + +
𝑅 390625 2560000 6250000

1
∆ 𝑅 = √0.000004 + 0.0000015625 + 0.000001 = √0.0000065625 = 0.002561738

Then we find ΔR

1 1
1 𝑑(𝑅 ) ∆𝑅 0.002561738
∆𝑅 = ∆ ∙ | | = 2 = = 0.0000185086
𝑅 𝑑𝑅 𝑅 138.408