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- Surveyingcivil-engineering-mcqs › surveying
- Published
- 12 Jan 2019
- Last updated
- 28 May 2026
Explanation
In a tacheometer, the additive constant is 0, and the multiplying constant is 100. This means the instrument does not add any fixed length but multiplies the staff reading by 100 to determine the distance.
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- 8.A vertical staff shows an intercept of 0.75 m when viewed from a tacheometer. What is the horizontal distance between the tacheometer and the staff position?
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