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In a vernier callipers N divisions of vernier scale coincide with `N-1` divisions of main scale (in which length of one divisions is 1mm). The least count of the instrument should be

A

N

B

`(1)/(N)`

C

`(1)/(10N)`

D

`(1)/(N-1)`

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