A surveyor's $30$-$m$ steel tape is correct at some temperutre. On a hot day the tape has expanded to $30.01$ $m$. On that day, the tape indicates a distance of $15.52$ $m$ between two points. The true distance between these points is :-

  • A

    $15.515 $ $m$

  • B

    $15.520$ $ m$

  • C

    $15.525$ $m$

  • D

    $15$

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