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Past exam of the physics course of the year 1 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge 2017 Section A 2 Solution by
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Write . The magnitude of the series RC impedance isFor independent small errors interpreted as standard uncertainties, propagation of uncertainty givesThe input uncertainties are , , and . Thus , andThe fractional uncertainty is . If the stated errors are instead worst-case bounds, their first-order contributions add in magnitude, giving approximately , or , rather than the quadrature result. Both conventions require the error interpretation to be specified.
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