JEE Main Physics question

PhysicsUnits and MeasurementJEE Main

In the determination of Young's modulus by using Searle's method, a wire of length and diameter is used. For a load , an extension in the length of the wire is observed. Quantities and are measured using a screw gauge and a micrometer respectively. They have the same pitch of . The number of divisions on their circular scale is 100. The contributions to the maximum probable error in the measurement **[IIT JEE 2012]**

Answer: (A)

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Least count . Error due to : . Error due to (which enters

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