Physics307L F09:Schedule/Week 9 agenda/Error propagation/general

Asssumption: Uncertainties in each variable $$x_i$$ are independent.
$$\delta q = \sqrt{\left (\frac{\partial q}{\partial x_1}\delta x_1 \right)^2 + \left (\frac{\partial q}{\partial x_2}\delta x_2 \right)^2 + ...}$$