JEE Main · 2025 · 24 Jan 2025 · Shift 1 · Units & Measurement

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The least count of a screw guage is 0.01 mm . If the pitch is increased by and number of divisions on the circular scale is reduced by , the new least count will be .

Answer: 35

Solution

Least count of a screw gauge is


Given mm.

New pitch:

New number of divisions:

New least count:
mm mm

The value is 35.

JEE Main · 2025 · 24 Jan 2025 · Shift 1 · Integer answer

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