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A student determined Young's Modulus of elasticity using the formula $Y = {{Mg{L^3}} \over {4b{d^3}\delta }}$. The value of g is taken to be 9.8 m/s2, without any significant error, his observation are as following.

Physical
Quantity
Least count of the
Equipment used
for measurement

Observed value
Mass (M) 1 g 2 kg
Length of bar (L) 1 mm 1 m
Breadth of bar (b) 0.1 mm 4 cm
Thickness of bar (d) 0.01 mm 0.4 cm
Depression ($\delta $) 0.01 mm 5 mm

Then the fractional error in the measurement of Y is :
0.0083
0.0155
0.155
0.083

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