The scale on a steel metre stick is calibrated at $20^o\,C$.The error in the reading of $50\,cm$ at $30^o\,C$ is: (take linear expansion coefficient of steel $= 1.0 \times 10^{-5} /  ^oC)$

  • A

    $10^{-3} \,cm$

  • B

    $2 \times 10^{-3} \,cm$

  • C

    $5 \times 10^{-3} \,cm$

  • D

    $10^{-2} \,cm$

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