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A travelling microscope has \(20\) divisions per \(cm\) on the main scale while its Vernier scale has total \(50\) divisions and \(25\) Vernier scale divisions are equal to \(24\) main scale divisions, what is the least count of the travelling microscope \(..........\,cm\)

  1. A \(0.001\)
  2. B \(0.0002\)
  3. C \(0.002\)
  4. D \(0.005\)
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(C) \(0.002\)

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\(1\,MSD =\frac{1}{20}\,cm\) \(1\,VSD =\frac{24}{25}\,MSD =\frac{24}{25} \times \frac{1}{20}\,cm\) \(\therefore\) Least count \(=\frac{1}{20}\left(1-\frac{24}{25}\right)\,cm\) \(=\frac{1}{20} \times \frac{1}{25}=\frac{1}{500}\,cm\) \(=0.002\,cm\)
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