One division on the main scale is 1mm. I...

One division on the main scale is 1mm. It has 20 equal divisions on vernier scale which match with 16 main scale division. The leat count of the vernier calipers is

0.02 mm

0.2 mm

0.8mm

0.08mm

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20V.S.D=16M.S.D. =16 mm
`implies1 V.S.D. =4/5mm`
Least count=
1 M.S.D. -1V.S.D`=1-4/5=0.2`mm

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