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An athlete claimed that his timing for a 100 m dash should be corrected because the starting signal was gives by a gun fired from a point 10 m away from him and the timekeeper was standing close to the gun. The error due to this could be (in seconds) :

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Correct Answer: Option A
Error = Time taken to cover 10 m at 300 m/sec
    = $$\frac{10}{300}$$ sec
    = $$\frac{1}{30}$$ sec
    = 0.03 sec
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