A student measured the diameter of a wire using a screw gauge with the least count $0.001\, cm$ and listed the measurements. The measured value should be recorded as
  • A$5.3200\,cm$
  • B$5.3\,cm$
  • C$5.32\,cm$
  • D$5.320\,cm$
AIEEE 2012, Medium
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