Solution

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At the central values, . For independent input standard errors, linear propagation gives
The angular derivative here is with respect to radians, so . At , the derivative is one, and
Thus , with the stated measurement uncertainty interpreted as one standard error. Correlated inputs would require a covariance term; their correlation is not supplied.

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