An experiment is performed to obtain the value of acceleration due to gravity $g$ by using a simple pendulum of length $L$. In this experiment time for $100\, oscillations$ is measured by using a watch of $1\, second$ least count and the value is $90.0\, seconds$. The length $L$ is measured by using a meter scale of least count $1\, mm$ and the value is $20.0\, cm$. The  error in the determination of $g$ would be  ........... $\%$

  • [JEE MAIN 2014]
  • A
    $1.7$
  • B
    $2.7$
  • C
    $4.4$
  • D
    $2.27$

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Three students $S_{1}, S_{2}$ and $S_{3}$ perform an experiment for determining the acceleration due to gravity $(g)$ using a simple pendulum. They use different lengths of pendulum and record time for different number of oscillations. The observations are as shown in the table.

Student No. Length of pendulum $(cm)$ No. of oscillations $(n)$ Total time for oscillations Time period $(s)$
$1.$ $64.0$ $8$ $128.0$ $16.0$
$2.$ $64.0$ $4$ $64.0$ $16.0$
$3.$ $20.0$ $4$ $36.0$ $9.0$

(Least count of length $=0.1 \,{m}$, least count for time $=0.1\, {s}$ )

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