A steel wire of diameter $$0.5$$ $$mm$$ and Young's modulus $$2 \times {10^{11}}\,\,N{m^{ - 2}}$$ carries a load of mass $$M.$$ The length of the wire with the load is $$1.0$$ $$m.A$$ vernier scale with $$10$$ divisions is attached to the end of this wire. Next to the steel wire is a reference wire to which a main scale, of least count $$1.0$$ $$mm$$ , is attached. The $$10$$ divisions of the vernier scale correspond to $$9$$ divisions of the main scale. Initially, the zero of vernier scale coincides with the zero of main scale. If the load on the steel wire is increased by $$1.2$$ $$kg,$$ the vernier scale division which coincides with a main scale division is _____________. Take $$g = 10\,m\,{s^{ - 2}}.$$ and $$\pi = 3.2.$$

The energy of a system as a function of time t is given as E(t) = $${A^2}\exp \left( { - \alpha t} \right)$$, where $$\alpha = 0.2\,{s^{ - 1}}$$. The measurement of A has an error of 1.25 %. If the error in the measurement of time is 1.50 %, the percentage error in the value of E(t) at t = 5 s is

During Searle's experiment, zero of the Vernier scale lies between 3.20 $$ \times $$ 10^-2 m and 3.25 $$ \times $$ 10^-2 m of the main scale. The 20^th division of the Vernier scale exactly coincides with one of the main scale divisions. When an additional load of 2 kg is applied to the wire, the zero of the Vernier scale still lies between 3.20 $$ \times $$ 10^-2 m and 3.25 $$ \times $$ 10^-2 m of the main scale but now the 45^th division of Vernier scale coincides with one of the main scale divisions. The length of the thin metallic wire is 2 m and its cross-sectional area is 8 $$ \times $$ 10^-7 m². The least count of the Vernier scale is 1.0 $$ \times $$ 10^-5 m. The maximum percentage error in the Young's modulus of the wire is

To find the distance d over which a signal can be seen clearly in foggy conditions, a railways engineer uses dimensional analysis and assumes that the distance depends on the mass density $$\rho $$ of the fog, intensity (power/area) S of the light from the signal and its frequency f. The engineer finds that d is proportional to S^1/n. The value of n is