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The vernier scale of a travelling microscope has 50 divisions which coincide with 49 main scale divisions. If each main scale division is `0.5mm`, calculate the minimum inaccuracy in the measurement of distance.

A

`0.01`mm

B

`0.1 ` nm

C

`0.001 ` mm

D

1 cm

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