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  • If Rs increases by 3% then the current through the meter rises from 50 uA to 51.43 uA when 1 mA feeds the circuit
  • That's an error of 2.86%

OK I agree with part 1 of your answer. But part 2 seems all mixed up. Extract from question : - enter image description here

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  • You didn't alter Rs in the denominator to account for it having an uncertain value.
  • Putting the numbers into the formula (corrected or not) does not give 3.15% by a long way

Extract from question : - enter image description here

  • You didn't alter Rs in the denominator to account for it having an uncertain value.
  • Putting the numbers into the formula (corrected or not) does not give 3.15% by a long way

Sanity checks: -

  • If Rs increases by 3% then the current through the meter rises from 50 uA to 51.43 uA when 1 mA feeds the circuit
  • That's an error of 2.86%

OK I agree with part 1 of your answer. But part 2 seems all mixed up. Extract from question : -

enter image description here

  • You didn't alter Rs in the denominator to account for it having an uncertain value.
  • Putting the numbers into the formula (corrected or not) does not give 3.15% by a long way
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Andy aka
  • 473.1k
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  • 839

Extract from question : - enter image description here

  • You didn't alter Rs in the denominator to account for it having an uncertain value.
  • Putting the numbers into the formula (corrected or not) does not give 3.15% by a long way