Question

A 30 cm scale has one end broken. The mark at the broken end is 2.6 cm. How would you use it to measure the length of your pencil?

Answer 1

Answer:

Put one end of the pencil at nearest full mark say 3.0 cm in this case. Take the reading of the other end. Now subtract 3 from the previous reading and this will be the required length of pencil.

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Answer 2

The length of the pencil can be measured in the following way;

• Place one end of the pencil at the point where the scale shows 2.6cm.
• Now measure the length from that end placed at 2.6cm to the other end.
• Here we get a length that is 2.6cm greater than the actual length.
• Now subtract 2.6cm from the obtained measurement.
• This is the actual length of the pencil.