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When the jaws of a vernier calipers are in contact the eight division of the vernier scale coincides with the seventh division of the main scale . If N is the number of division on the vernier scale and least count x then the zero error corrections is

A

`-8x`

B

`(N-8)`

C

`(N-8)x`

D

`+8x`

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