You would like to measure wind speed with a cup anemometer on a sailboat trip across the Atlantic Ocean. The measure of the rotational speed of the axle of the device has a precision of +/-0.2 rotations/s and was calibrated in a steady wind-tunnel flow at 20m/s with 10 rotations/s. Define for the below-given situations, 1 to 4, the type of error (random or systematic) and explain how to overcome or reduce this error.

You would like to measure wind speed with a cup anemometer on a sailboat trip across the Atlantic Ocean. The measure of the rotational speed of the axle of the device has a precision of +/-0.2 rotations/s and was calibrated in a steady wind-tunnel flow at 20m/s with 10 rotations/s. Define for the below-given situations, 1 to 4, the type of error (random or systematic) and explain how to overcome or reduce this error.

Elements Of Electromagnetics

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