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Past exam of the physics course of the year 4 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge 2012 Paper 1 Section A A3 Solution by
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Treat the repeated angles as independent measurements of one fixed angle. Their sample mean, sample standard deviation and standard error of the mean areFor , uncorrelated standard uncertainties giveInterpreting the stated 1% amplitude accuracy as a standard uncertainty,Use radians in the derivative. This is uncertainty in the result using the mean angle, not the spread of individual angle measurements; the latter convention would use and give about . An accuracy bound or systematic angular calibration error would require a different uncertainty model.
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