Question
a spherical balloon's radius was measured to be 30 cm with a maximum possible error of 0.2 cm.
a) use differentials to estimate the maximum error in the calculated volume.
b) what is the relative error?
a) use differentials to estimate the maximum error in the calculated volume.
b) what is the relative error?
Answers
Steve
dv = 4pi r^2 dr
rel err = dv/v
rel err = dv/v