respectively. What is the collimation error (measured in meters, up to two decimal places) of the instrument?
respectively. What is the collimation error (measured in meters, up to two decimal places) of the instrument?
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Transcribed Image Text:A horizontal collimation test is
performed on an automatic Level
following the prescribed standard
procedure. With the instrument at point
A, the reading of the rod at A was
1.870 meters and to B was 1.970
meters. After moving and leveling the
instrument at B, the rod reading at B
and A was found to be 1.850 and 1.770
respectively. What is the collimation
error (measured in meters, up to two
decimal places) of the instrument?
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