Machine-translated by Google. Questions are authored in English.
Top

Discussion

Assertion (A): Efficiency of a large machine is determined by summing its losses.

Reason (R): The difference of two large measured quantities is very uncertain.

Select the correct option.

  • A.A is false but R is true, efficiency being determined directly in every case
  • B.Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A
  • C.Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A at all
  • D.A is true but R is false, the difference of two large quantities being reliable

Answer: B

Correct answer: Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A

Both are true and the reason gives the mechanism. At 98 per cent efficiency the loss is the difference between two nearly equal large quantities, so a small relative error in either becomes a large error in the loss and in the efficiency derived from it. Measuring each loss separately and adding them avoids the subtraction altogether.

No comment is present. Be the first to comment.
Loading…

Post your comment

Please log in or register to post a comment.