Q. The effective length of a simple pendulum is the sum of the following three: length of string, radius of bob, and length of hook.
In a simple pendulum experiment, the length of the string, as measured by a meter scale, is . The radius of the bob combined with the length of the hook, as measured by a vernier callipers, is . The effective length of the pendulum is

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Solution:

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Rounding off to first decimal place, we get .