In a screw gauge when the circular scale is given five complete rotations it moves linearly by 2.5 mm. If the circular scale has 100 divisions, the least count of screw gauge is ______ mm.
- (A)
- (B)
- (C)
- (D)✓ Correct
Answer: (D)
Solution
Each complete rotation advances the screw by the pitch, here mm. The least count is the pitch divided by the number of circular-scale divisions, mm.
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