The main scale in a vernier instrument is graduated in millimeters, with the smallest division being Imm. Ten divisions on the vernier scale correspond to nine divisions on the main scale. Answer the following questions: (a) Is the vernier scale a forward vernier or a backward vernier? (b) What is the least count of the instrument? (c) If the main scale reads 13mm and the fifth division on the vernier scale coincides with a division on the main scale, what is the value of the dimension being measured?

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The main scale in a vernier instrument is graduated in millimeters, with the smallest division being Imm. Ten divisions on the vernier scale
correspond to nine divisions on the main scale. Answer the following questions:
(a) Is the vernier scale a forward vernier or a backward vernier?
(b) What is the least count of the instrument?
(c) If the main scale reads 13mm and the fifth division on the vernier scale coincides with a division on the main scale, what is the value of
the dimension being measured?
Transcribed Image Text:7.9598 The main scale in a vernier instrument is graduated in millimeters, with the smallest division being Imm. Ten divisions on the vernier scale correspond to nine divisions on the main scale. Answer the following questions: (a) Is the vernier scale a forward vernier or a backward vernier? (b) What is the least count of the instrument? (c) If the main scale reads 13mm and the fifth division on the vernier scale coincides with a division on the main scale, what is the value of the dimension being measured?
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