Optics 6 Question 35
37. Using the expression , one calculates the values of by measuring the corresponding angles in the range 0 to . The wavelength is exactly known and the error in is constant for all values of . As increases from
(a) the absolute error in
(b) the absolute error in
(c) the fractional error in
(d) the fractional error in
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Solution:
Fractional error
Absolute error
Now, given that