VIT Engineering VIT Engineering Solved Paper-2015

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    If there is an error of m% in measuring the edge of cube, then the per cent error in estimating its surface area is

    A) 2 m                                        

    B) 3 m

    C) 1 m                                        

    D) 4 m

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

    We know that, the surface area A of a cube of side x is given by \[=qEL\theta \] On differentiating w.r.t. x, we get                      \[\because \] Let the change in x be \[\theta \]                     \[\text{I=m}{{\left( \frac{\text{L}}{\text{2}} \right)}^{\text{2}}}\text{+m}{{\left( \frac{\text{L}}{\text{2}} \right)}^{\text{2}}}\text{=}\frac{\text{m}{{\text{L}}^{\text{2}}}}{\text{2}}\] Now,  change in surface area,              \[\tau =I\alpha \]              \[\text{ }\!\!\alpha\!\!\text{ =}\frac{\text{ }\!\!\tau\!\!\text{ }}{\text{I}}\text{=}\frac{\text{qEL }\!\!\theta\!\!\text{ }}{\frac{\text{m}{{\text{L}}^{\text{2}}}}{\text{2}}}\] \[\Rightarrow \]  The  approximate change in surface area              \[{{\text{ }\!\!\omega\!\!\text{ }}^{\text{2}}}\text{ }\!\!\theta\!\!\text{ =}\frac{\text{2qEL }\!\!\theta\!\!\text{ }}{\text{m}{{\text{L}}^{\text{2}}}}\]               = 2m% of original surface area


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