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Question 56 of 70

The pitch and the number of divisions, on the circular scale, for a given screw gauge are 0.5mm0.5mm and 100100 respectively. When the screw gauge is fully tightened without any object, the zero of its circular scale lies 33 divisions below the mean line.

The readings of the main scale and the circular scale, for a thin sheet, are
5.5mm5.5mm and 4848 respectively, the thickness of this sheet is:

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Answer: (C) 5.725mm5.725mm

least count =0.5mm100=0.005mm=\dfrac{0.5mm}{100}=0.005mm

Reading
=5.5mm+(48−3)×0.005mm=5.5mm+\left(48-3\right)\times 0.005mm

=5.725mm.=5.725mm.

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