JEE MAIN - Physics (2019 - 9th January Evening Slot - No. 9)

The pitch and the number of divisions, on the circular scale, for a given screw gauge are 0.5 mm and 100 respectively. When the screw gauge is fully tightened without any object, the zero of its circular scale lies 3 divisions below the mean line.

The readings of the main scale and the circular scale, for a thin sheet, are 5.5 mm and 48 respectively, the thickness of this sheet is :
5.755 mm
5.950 mm
5.725 mm
5.740 mm

Explanation

We know,

Least count (LC) = $${{Pitch} \over {no.\,of\,divisions}}$$

$$ \therefore $$  LC = $${{0.5} \over {100}}$$

= 0.5 $$ \times $$ 10$$-$$2 mm

Reading = MSR + CSR $$-$$ positive error

Given, Main scale reading (MSR) = 5.5 mm

Circular scale reading (CSR)

= 48 $$ \times $$ 0.5 $$ \times $$ 10$$-$$2 mm

= 0.24

As zero of its circular scale lines 3 division below the mean line, it means error is position error.

$$ \therefore $$  positive error

= 3 $$ \times $$ 0.5 $$ \times $$ 10$$-$$2 mm

= 0.015 mm

$$ \therefore $$  Reading = 5.5 + 0.24 $$-$$ 0.015

= 5.725 mm

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