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A travelling microscope is used to determine the refractive index of a glass slab. If \(40\) divisions are there in \(1 \; cm\) on main scale and \(50\) Vernier scale divisions are equal to \(49\) main scale divisions, then least count of the travelling microscope is \(\dots \; \times 10^{-6} \; m\)

  1. A \(2\)
  2. B \(3\)
  3. C \(4\)
  4. D \(5\)
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(D) \(5\)

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\(50 \; VSD =49 \; MSD\) \(1 \; VSD =\frac{49}{50} \; MSD\) Least count \(=1 MSD -1 VSD\) \(=\left(1-\frac{49}{50}\right) MSD =\frac{1}{50} \; MSD\) \(1 \; MSD =\frac{1}{40} \; cm\) Least count \(=\frac{1}{50 \times 40} \; cm\)…
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