While setting a plane table at a station it was found that the error in centering was 30 cm away
from the ray of length 40 m drawn from the station. If the scale of the plan is 1 cm = 2 cm, the
displacement of the end of the ray in plan from the true position will be
(A) 0.02 cm
(B) 0.15 cm
(C) 0.2 cm
(D) 0.1 cm

1 Answer

Answer :

(B) 0.15 cm

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