Physics 9702 · AS & A Level · Errors and uncertainties

Errors and uncertainties — practice question

What can be done to reduce systematic errors during a measurement?

  • Aadjusting the needle on a voltmeter so that it reads zero when there is no potential difference across it
  • Bmeasuring the diameter of a wire at different points and taking the average
  • Creducing the parallax effects by using a marker and a mirror when measuring the amplitude of oscillation of a pendulum
  • Dtiming $20$ oscillations, rather than a single oscillation, when finding the period of a pendulum

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