A carbon resistor has colour strips as violet, yellow brown and golden. The resistance is .............. $\Omega$
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Using standard colour codes

Violet $= 7$, yellow $= 4$, brown $= 1$ and gold $= 5\,\ %$ (tolerance)

So $R = 74 \times {10^1} \,\pm 5\% $ $ = 740\, \pm 5\% $

So its value will be nearest to $741\,\Omega $.

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