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Q.

Two full turns of circular scale of a screw gauge cover a distance of 1 mm on its main scale.  The total number of division on the circular scale is 50. Further, it is found that are the screw gauge has a zero error of -0.03 mm. while measuring the diameter of a thin wire, a student  notes the main scale reading of  3 mm and the number of circular scale division, in line with the main scale, as 35. The diameter of the wire is 33820n  mm find the value of ‘n’

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Detailed Solution

Least count of the screw gauge,
0.5mm50=0.01mm
Main scale reading=3 mm
Vernier scale reading =35
 observed reading =3+0.35=3.35mm
Zero error =  -0.03mm
 Actual diameter of the wire =3.35(0.03)=3.38mm 

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