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A body travels uniformly a distance of $ (13.8 \pm 0.2)\,m$ in a time $(4.0 \pm 0.3)\, s$. The percentage error in velocity is  ......... $\%$

A

$7$

B

$5.95$

C

$8.95$

D

$9.85$

A body travels uniformly a distance of $ (13.8 \pm 0.2)\,m$ in a time $(4.0 \pm 0.3)\, s$. The percentage error in velocity is  ......... $\%$

$\%$ error in velocity$ = \%$ error in $L + \%$ error in $t$

$ = \frac{{0.2}}{{13.8}} \times 100 + \frac{{0.3}}{4} \times 100$

$= 1.44 + 7.5 = 8.94 \%$