Question 39 of 70
Student and student used two screw gauges of equal pitch and equal circular divisions to measure the radius of a given wire. The actual value of the radius of the wire is . The absolute value of the difference between the final circular scale readings observed by the students and is _______.
[Figure shows position of reference when jaws of screw gauge are closed]
Given pitch .

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Answer: 13
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For ,
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Difference
Division on circular scale
Reading
For ,
Reading
Difference
Division on circular scale