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In a Wheatstone’s meter-bridge experiment, the null point is obtained in middle one third portion of wire. Why is it recommended?

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1. The value of unknown resistance X, may not be accurate due to nonuniformity of the bridge wire and development of contact resistance at the ends of the wire. 

2. To minimise these errors, the value of R is so adjusted that the null point is obtained in the middle one-third of the wire (between 34 cm and 66 cm) so that the percentage errors in the measurement of IX and IR are minimum and nearly the same.



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