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Construction of Line Segments - Class VIII

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With the help of a normal ruler and a compass only, which of the following line segment is possible to construct?

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A
$2.1\ cm$
B
$4.2\ cm$
C
$3.3\ cm$
💡 Explanation:

Least count of normal scale is $.1\ \ cm$ that is minimum length that can be measured using a normal scale is $.1\ \ cm$.

So the lengths that can be measured are
$2.1\ \ cm,4.2\ \ cm$ and $3.3\ \ cm$
To measure $5.43$ we need a scale whose least count is $.001$

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