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A screw gauge with a pitch of 0.5 mm and a circular scale with 50 divisions is used to measure the thickness of a thin sheet of Aluminium.  Before starting the measurement, it is found that when the two jaws of the screw gauge are brought in contact, the 45th division coincides with the main scale line and that the zero of the main scale is barely visible.  What is the thickness of the sheet if the main scale reading is 0.5 mm and the  25th division coincides with the main scale line?
[Take g = 10 m/s2]

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a

0.50 mm

b

0.75 mm

c

0.70 mm

d

0.80 mm

answer is C.

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Detailed Solution

Least count
= pitch / no. of division on circular scale
= 0.5 mm/50
= 0.01 mm
Measured value
= main scale reading + screw gauge reading – zero error
= 0.5 mm + 25 ×  0.01 mm – (–0.05 mm)
= 0.75 mm + 0.05 mm
= 0.80 mm

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A screw gauge with a pitch of 0.5 mm and a circular scale with 50 divisions is used to measure the thickness of a thin sheet of Aluminium.  Before starting the measurement, it is found that when the two jaws of the screw gauge are brought in contact, the 45th division coincides with the main scale line and that the zero of the main scale is barely visible.  What is the thickness of the sheet if the main scale reading is 0.5 mm and the  25th division coincides with the main scale line?[Take g = 10 m/s2]