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Past exam of the physics course of the year 4 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge 2014 Paper 1 A4 Solution by
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The central value is . Treating the stated errors as independent standard uncertainties, convert the angular uncertainty to radians and propagate derivatives:The two measured values differ by combined standard deviations. Our prediction differs from them by and combined standard deviations respectively. All three values are statistically compatible. If the input errors are strict bounds instead, the first-order bound on the calculated value is about ; consistency remains possible, but a Gaussian significance test then has no stated justification.
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