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While measuring the length of a pencil, one end is at 25cm and the other end at 0.92m. What is the length of the pencil in millimeters? What mistake is generally done in this question?
Asked by Topperlearning User | 04 Jun, 2014, 01:23: PM
Calculations should be done in the same units.
Converting 0.92 m into cm, we get 0.92 m = 92 cm
Length of pencil = Reading of second end - Reading of first end
= 92 - 25
= 67cm
But 1cm = 10mm
So, 67cm = 670 mm
The mistake that is generally done in such questions is that the various readings are not changed in the same units.
Answered by | 04 Jun, 2014, 03:23: PM
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