Diameter of a steel ball is measured using a Vernier callipers which has divisions of $0.1\,cm$ on its main scale $(MS)$ and $10$ divisions of its vernier scale $(VS)$ match $9$ divisions on the main scale. Three such measurements for a ball are given as:
$S$.No. $MS\;(cm)$ $VS$ divisions
$(1)$ $0.5$ $8$
$(2)$ $0.5$ $4$
$(3)$ $0.5$ $6$

If the zero error is $-0.03\,cm,$ then the mean corrected diameter is ........... $cm$.

  • A
    $0.52$
  • B
    $0.59$
  • C
    $0.56$
  • D
    $0.53$

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