It will help you to figure out the uncertainty in each of the following quantities. You might do this first, before trying to compute the uncertainty in distance L or time of flight t.
ΔH H = ___________ +/- _________ -------- = = % H ΔL L = ___________ +/- _________ -------- = = % L Δθ θ = ___________ +/- _________ -------- = = % θ Δcos(θ) cos(θ) = ___________ +/- _________ -------- = = % cos(θ) Δsin(θ) sin(θ) = ___________ +/- _________ -------- = = % sin(θ) Δtan(θ) tan(θ) = ___________ +/- _________ -------- = = % tan(θ)
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