Pick up the correct statement from the following:
(A) The apparent error on reversal is twice the actual error
(B) The correction may be made equal to half the observed discrepancy
(C) The good results may be obtained from a defective instrument by reversing and taking the
mean of two erroneous results
(D) All the above

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Answer :

(D) All the above

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