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    This document discusses various methods of calculating errors in measurement. It defines mean value as the sum of all measurements divided by the total number of measurements. It describes absolute error as the difference between each individual measurement and the mean value. Mean absolute error is calculated as the sum of the absolute values of the differences between each measurement and the mean value divided by the total number of measurements. Relative error and percentage error are defined in relation to mean absolute error and mean value. Formulas are provided for calculating errors in sums, differences, products, quotients, and measurements raised to a power.

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    This document discusses various methods of calculating errors in measurement. It defines mean value as the sum of all measurements divided by the total number of measurements. It describes absolute error as the difference between each individual measurement and the mean value. Mean absolute error is calculated as the sum of the absolute values of the differences between each measurement and the mean value divided by the total number of measurements. Relative error and percentage error are defined in relation to mean absolute error and mean value. Formulas are provided for calculating errors in sums, differences, products, quotients, and measurements raised to a power.

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    Physics

    Board - Class - 11 Topic – Unit of Measurement

    1. Mean value: amean = (a1 + a2 +a3 +…+ an) / n


    or, amean = ∑ni=1 ai / n

    2. The errors in the individual measurement values from the true value
    (Absolute Error):
    Δa1 = a1 − amean
    Δa2 = a2 – amean
    …. = …. …..
    …. = …. …..
    Δan = an − amean

    3. Mean absolute errors:


    Δamean = (Δa1+Δa2+Δa3+…+Δan)/n
    = ∑ni=1 ai / n

    4. Relative error = Δamean / amean

    5. Percentage error:
    δa = (Δamean / amean) x 100%

    6. Error of a sum or a difference:


    ± ΔZ = ± ΔA ± ΔB
    or,
    The maximum value of the error ΔZ is ΔA + ΔB.

    7. Error of a product or a quotient:


    ΔZ/ Z = (ΔA/ A) + (ΔB/ B)
    8. Error in case of a measured quantity raised to a power
    If Z = Ap Bq/ Cr
    ΔZ/ Z = p (ΔA/ A) + q (ΔB/ B) + r (ΔC/ C)

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