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Grade 9Mechanics

A stopwatch has a circular dial divided into 60 divisions the hand of a stopwatch makes one complete revolution in 1 minute what is the least count of the stopwatch

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8 Years agoGrade 9
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Profile image of Arun
8 Years ago
Dear Gaurav.
 
If the hand of the stopwatch makes 1 revolution in minute and each revolution on is divided into 60 divisions  then smallest division correspond to 60/60 = 1 sec
Hence least count = 1 sec
 
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Arun (askIITians forum expert)