Two resistances of $400\,\Omega $ and $800\,\Omega $ are connected in series with a $6\,volt $ battery of negligible internal resistance. A voltmeter of resistance $10,000\,\Omega $ is used to measure the potential difference across $400\,\Omega $ . The error in the measurement of potential difference (in volt) approximately is
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$\mathrm{I}=\frac{6}{400+800}=\frac{6}{1200}=\frac{1}{200}=5 \times 10^{-3} \mathrm{\,A}$

$\therefore $ Voltage drop across $400 \Omega=5 \times 10^{-3} \times 400$

$=2000 \times 10^{-3}=2 \mathrm{\,V}$

Because of the presence of the voltmeter having resistance $\mathrm{G}=10,000\, \mathrm{G}$ in parallel with $400\, \Omega$ the effective resistance is

${\frac{400 \times 10,000}{10,400}=\frac{10,000}{26} \Omega}$

$\therefore $ Voltage measured $=\frac{10,000}{26} \times 5 \times 10^{-3}=\frac{50}{26} \mathrm{\,V}$

$\therefore $ Relative error in the measurement

$=\frac{2-(50 / 26)}{2}=\frac{1}{26}=0.04 \mathrm{\,volt}$

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