The sum of two component vectors is referred to as the
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The current is defined as the amount of charge transferred through a certain point in a certain time interval:
where
I is the current
Q is the charge
is the time interval
For the lightning bolt in our problem, Q=6.0 C and
, so the average current during the event is
where
I is the current
Q is the charge
For the lightning bolt in our problem, Q=6.0 C and
The propagation errors we can find the uncertainty of a given magnitude is the sum of the uncertainties of each magnitude.
Δm = ∑
Physical quantities are precise values of a variable, but all measurements have an uncertainty, in the case of direct measurements the uncertainty is equal to the precision of the given instrument.
When you have derived variables, that is, when measurements are made with different instruments, each with a different uncertainty, the way to find the uncertainty or error is used the propagation errors to use the variation of each parameter, keeping the others constant and taking the worst of the cases, all the errors add up.
If m is the calculated quantity, x_i the measured values and Δx_i the uncertainty of each value, the total uncertainty is
Δm = ∑ | dm / dx_i | Dx_i
for instance:
If the magnitude is a average of two magnitudes measured each with a different error
m =
Δm = | | Δx₁ + |
| Δx₂
= ½
= ½
Δm = Δx₁ + ½ Δx₂
Δm = Δx₁ + Δx₂
In conclusion, using the propagation errors we can find the uncertainty of a given quantity is the sum of the uncertainties of each measured quantity.
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