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A screw gauge is used to measure the thickness of a thin sheet of copper. The pitch of screw gauge is 0.2 mm and total number of division on circular scale is 200. When two jaws are brought in contact then 160th division of circular scale is exactly coincide with the main scale line, and that the zero of main scale is barely visible. When thickness of sheet is measured with screw gauge then main scale reading is 0.6mm and 100th division coincide with the main scale line. Find the thickness of copper sheet in mm.

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answer is 0.74.

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pitch = 0.2 mm
Total division = 200
Least count = 0.001 mm
-ve zero error =  40×L.C.=0.04mm
Reading = 0.6 mm + 100 ×L.C.=0.7mm 
Thickness = 0.7 mm + 0.04 mm = 0.74 mm

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A screw gauge is used to measure the thickness of a thin sheet of copper. The pitch of screw gauge is 0.2 mm and total number of division on circular scale is 200. When two jaws are brought in contact then 160th division of circular scale is exactly coincide with the main scale line, and that the zero of main scale is barely visible. When thickness of sheet is measured with screw gauge then main scale reading is 0.6mm and 100th division coincide with the main scale line. Find the thickness of copper sheet in mm.