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or more quantities, each with their individual uncertainties, and then combine the information from these quantities in order to come up with a final result of our experiment. How can you state error propagation inverse your answer for the combined result of these measurements and their uncertainties
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scientifically? The answer to this fairly common question depends on how the individual measurements are combined in the result. error propagation physics We will treat each case separately: Addition of measured quantities If you have measured values for the quantities X, Y, and Z, with uncertainties dX, dY, and dZ, and your final
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result, R, is the sum or difference of these quantities, then the uncertainty dR is: Here the upper equation is an approximation that can also serve as an upper bound for the error. Please note that the rule is the same for addition and subtraction of quantities. Example: Suppose we have measured the starting position as x1 = 9.3+-0.2 m and the error propagation chemistry finishing position as x2 = 14.4+-0.3 m. Then the displacement is: Dx = x2-x1 = 14.4 m - 9.3 m = 5.1 m and the error in the displacement is: (0.22 + 0.32)1/2 m = 0.36 m Multiplication of measured quantities In the same way as for sums and differences, we can also state the result for the case of multiplication and division: Again the upper line is an approximation and the lower line is the exact result for independent random uncertainties in the individual variables. And again please note that for the purpose of error calculation there is no difference between multiplication and division. Example: We have measured a displacement of x = 5.1+-0.4 m during a time of t = 0.4+-0.1 s. What is the average velocity and the error in the average velocity? v = x / t = 5.1 m / 0.4 s = 12.75 m/s and the uncertainty in the velocity is: dv = |v| [ (dx/x)2 + (dt/t)2 ]1/2 = 12.75 m/s [(0.4/5.1)2 + (0.1/0.4)2]1/2 = 3.34 m/s Multiplication with a constant What if you have measured the
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metres long, but I’ve only got a 4 metre tape measure. I’ve also got a 1 metre ruler as well, so what I do http://www.math-mate.com/chapter34_4.shtml is extend the tape measure to measure 4 metres, and then I measure the last metre with the ruler. The measurements I get, with their errors, are: Sponsored Links                                                    Now I want to know the entire length of my room, so I need to add these two numbers together – 4 + 1 = 5 m. But what about the errors – error propagation how do I add these? Adding and subtracting numbers with errors When you add or subtract two numbers with errors, you just add the errors (you add the errors regardless of whether the numbers are being added or subtracted). So for our room measurement case, we need to add the ‘0.01m’ and ‘0.005m’ errors together, to get ‘0.015 m’ as our final error. propagation of error We just need to put this on the end of our added measurements:                                                       You can show how this works by considering the two extreme cases that could happen. Say the measurement with our tape measure was over by the maximum amount – when we measured 4 m it was actually 3.99 m. Let’s also say that the ruler measurement was over as well by the maximum amount – so when we measured 1.00 m it was really 0.995 m. If we add these two amounts together, we get:                                                  This number is exactly the same as the lower limit of our error estimate for our added measurements:                                                    You’d find it would also work if you considered the opposite case – if our measurements were less than the actual distances. Adding or subtracting an exact number The error doesn’t change when you do something like this:                                                        Multiplication or division by an exact number If you have an exact number multiplying or dividing a number with an error in it, you just multiply/divide both the number and the error by the exact number. For instance:                      Â