The determination of the value of acceleration due to gravity () by simple pendulum method employs the formula, . The expression for the relative error in the value of is:
Given formula for acceleration due to gravity is: In measuring physical quantities, to find the maximum possible relative error, the relative errors of the individual quantities are added, multiplied by their respective powers. Since is a constant, its error is zero. The relative error in is given by:
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