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A Vernier calipers has $1 \mathrm{~mm}$ marks on the main scale. It has $20$ equal divisions on the Vernier scale which match with $16$ main scale divisions. For this Vernier calipers, the least count is
A
$0.02 \mathrm{~mm}$
B
$0.05 \mathrm{~mm}$
C
$0.1 \mathrm{~mm}$
D
$0.2 \mathrm{~mm}$
(IIT-2010)
Solution
$\text { L.C. } $$ =1 \text { M.S.D }-1 \text { V.S.D } $
$ =\left(1-\frac{16}{20}\right) \text { M.S.D } $
$ =\left(1-\frac{4}{5}\right)(1 \mathrm{~mm})=0.2 \mathrm{~mm}$
Standard 11
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