"It is advisable to use an instrument with the smallest possible least count." Explain this statement.

When two resistors of resistances $R_1=(200 \pm 2) \Omega$ and $R_2=(400 \pm 4) \Omega$ are connected in series,then the equivalent resistance of the combination is

Accuracy of measurement is determined by

Three students $S_{1}, S_{2}$ and $S_{3}$ perform an experiment for determining the acceleration due to gravity $(g)$ using a simple pendulum. They use different lengths of pendulum and record time for different number of oscillations. The observations are as shown in the table.

Student No.	Length of pendulum $(cm)$	No. of oscillations $(n)$	Total time for oscillations $(s)$	Time period $(s)$
$1.$	$64.0$	$8$	$128.0$	$16.0$
$2.$	$64.0$	$4$	$64.0$	$16.0$
$3.$	$20.0$	$4$	$36.0$	$9.0$

(Least count of length $= 0.1 \, cm$,least count for time $= 0.1 \, s$)
If $E_{1}, E_{2}$ and $E_{3}$ are the percentage errors in $g$ for students $1, 2$ and $3$ respectively,then the minimum percentage error is obtained by student no. ....... .

Two resistances $60 \pm 0.36 \ \Omega$ and $30 \pm 0.09 \ \Omega$ are connected in parallel. The equivalent resistance is

If the error in measuring the diameter of a circle is $4\%$,the error in the radius of the circle would be (in $\%$)