1988 AJHSME Problems/Problem 1
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Problem
The diagram shows part of a scale of a measuring device. The arrow indicates an approximate reading of
Solution
Clearly the arrow marks a value between and , so only and are possible.
Looking, we see that the arrow is closer to , so