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QJEEM24Ph880b: JEE Main 2024 Physics - Class 11 JEEM24Ph880b Solution: If 50 Vernier divisions are equal to 49 main scale divisions of …

If 50 Vernier divisions are equal to 49 main scale divisions of a traveling microscope and one smallest reading of main scale is 0.5 mm0.5 \mathrm{~mm} , the Vernier constant of traveling microscope is

Multiple Choice Options

  • A 0.01 mm
  • B 0.01 cm
  • C 0.1 mm
  • D 0.1 cm

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amp;50 V+S=49 S+Samp;S=50( S−V)amp;5=50( S−V)amp;S−V=0.550=1100=0.01 mm\begin{aligned}& 50 \mathrm{~V}+\mathrm{S}=49 \mathrm{~S}+\mathrm{S} \\& \mathrm{S}=50(\mathrm{~S}-\mathrm{V}) \\& 5=50(\mathrm{~S}-\mathrm{V}) \\& \mathrm{S}-\mathrm{V}=\frac{0.5}{50}=\frac{1}{100}=0.01 \mathrm{~mm}\end{aligned}

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