2.13 A physical quantity P is related to four observables a, b, c and d as follows:

P =a³b²/(√c d)

The percentage errors of measurement in a, b, c and d are 1%, 3%, 4% and 2%, respectively. What is the percentage error in the quantity P ? If the value of P calculated using the above relation turns out to be 3.763, to what value should you round off the result?

According to question, we can write

Total moles of gas = n = n_Oxygen + n_Oxygen = $\frac{16}{2}+\frac{128}{32}=12moles$  

Volume of gas = 12 × 22.4 litre = 268.8 litre = 2.688 × 10⁵ cm³ $\approx 27\times 10^{4}c{m}^3$  

$K=\frac{\left(\frac{Q}{r}\right)\mathrm{\Delta }x}{\mathrm{\Delta }AT}$

$\begin{array}{ll}\Rightarrow & \frac{\left({\mathrm{M}\mathrm{L}}^2{\mathrm{T}}^{-2}\right)\left(\mathrm{L}\right)}{\left({\mathrm{L}}^2\right)\left(\theta \right)\left(\mathrm{T}\right)}\\ \Rightarrow \mathrm{}& {\mathrm{M}}^1{\mathrm{L}}^{1-}{\mathrm{T}}^{-3}{\theta }^{-1}\end{array}$

Viscosity = Pascal . Second

$P^X{A}^Y{T}^Z=\left[M^1{L}^{-1}{T}^{-1}\right]$        

=  ${\left[M^1{L}^{+1}{T}^{-1}\right]}^x\left[L^2\right]y{\left[T^1\right]}^z=M^{-1}{L}^{-1}{T}^{-1}$

= x = 1,     x + 2y = -1,      -x + z = 1

y = -1,              Z = 0

Viscosity = [P¹A^-1T⁰]

1 msD = 1mm

10 vsD = 9msD

1vsD = 0.9 MsD

L.C. = 1MSD – 1VSD = 1 – 0.9 = 0.1 mm

Zero error = 4LC = 0.4 mm

Reading = MSR + VSR + correction

= 4.1 cm + 6 * .01 cm + (-0.04 cm) = (4.1 + 0.06 – 0.04) cm

= 4.12 cm = 412 * 10^-2 cm

$\Delta Q=ms\Delta T\Rightarrow s=\frac{\Delta Q}{m\Delta T}\Rightarrow \left[s\right]=\frac{M{L}^2{T}^{-2}}{MQ}=L^2{T}^{-2}{Q}^{-1}$

$\Delta Q=mL\Rightarrow \left[L\right]=\frac{M{L}^2{T}^{-2}}{M}=L^2{T}^{-2}$