Solution

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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 are
For , uncorrelated standard uncertainties give
Interpreting 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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