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JEE Mains · Physics · STD 11 - 1. units,dimensions and measurement

A vernier callipers has \(20\) divisions on the vernier scale, which coincides with \(19^{\text {th }}\) division on the main scale. The least count of the instrument is \(0.1 \mathrm{~mm}\). One main scale division is equal to _______ \(\mathrm{mm}\).

  1. A \(1\)
  2. B \(0.5\)
  3. C \(2\)
  4. D \(5\)
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(C) \(2\)

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\(20 \mathrm{VSD}=19 \mathrm{MSD}\) \(1 \mathrm{VSD}=\frac{19}{20} \mathrm{MSD}\) \(\text { L.C. }=1 \mathrm{MSD}-1 \mathrm{VSD}\) \(0.1 \mathrm{~mm}=1 \mathrm{MSD}-\frac{19}{20} \mathrm{MSD}\) \(0.1=\frac{1}{20} \mathrm{MSD}\) \(1 \mathrm{MSD}=2 \mathrm{~mm}\)
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