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JEE Main 2008Experimental Physics Question with Solution

JEE Main 2008

Question

Two full turns of the circular scale of a screw gauge cover a distance of on its main scale. The total number of divisions on the circular scale is 50 . Further, it is found that the screw gauge has a zero error of while measuring the diameter of a thin wire, a student notes the main scale reading of and the number of circular scale divisions in line with the main scale as 35 . The diameter of the wire is

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Diameter M.S.R. C.S.R L.C. Z.E.

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