Measuring with a 30 m chain, 0.01 m too short, introduces (A) Positive compensating error (B) Negative compensating error (C) Positive cumulative error (D) Negative cumulative error

Measuring with a 30 m chain, 0.01 m too short, introduces
(A) Positive compensating error
(B) Negative compensating error
(C) Positive cumulative error
(D) Negative cumulative error
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(C) Positive cumulative error
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