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In a galvanometer there is a deflection of one divisions per mA. The internal resistance of the galvanometer is `80Omega`. If a shunt of `2.5Omega` is connected to the galvanometer and there are 50 divisions in all, one the scale of the galvanometer, what maximum current can this galvanometer read?

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