While measuring the length of a sharpened pencil, reading of the scale at one end is $2.0$ cm and at the other end is $12.1$ cm. What is the length of the pencil

14.1

c m

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12.1

c m

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10.1

c m

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2.0

c m

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Solution

The correct option is C $10.1$ $c m$
length = difference of readings

$= 12.1 c m - 2.0 c m$

$= 10.1 c m$

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While measuring the length of a sharpened pencil, reading of the scale at one end is 2.0 cm and at the other end is 12.1cm. What is the length of the pencil

The correct option is C 10.1 cmlength = difference of readings =12.1cm−2.0cm=10.1cm

While measuring the length of a sharpened pencil, reading of the scale at one end is $2.0$ cm and at the other end is $12.1$ cm. What is the length of the pencil

The correct option is C $10.1$ $c m$
length = difference of readings

$= 12.1 c m - 2.0 c m$

$= 10.1 c m$