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Uncertainties in the tilted shot experiment

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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