A student measures the length of the object and recorded it as 2.500mm. Find the (a) Least count of the instrument (2) Name the instrument (3) Find the error made in the instrument (4) Find the percentage of error.

Dear Student,
a)Least count of instrument is 0.5mm.
b)instrument used is steel ruler,
c)error made by the instrument is equal to the least count of the instrument so that will be approx 0.5mm.
d)%error will be = 0.5*100/2.5=20%.
Regards,
 

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