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In the experiment to determine the galvanometer resistance by half-deflection method, the plot of vs the resistance (R) of the resistance box is shown in the figure. The figure of merit of the galvanometer is division. [The source has emf ] 

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- Half-deflection setup relation
For a galvanometer of resistance , cell emf , series resistance , and figure of merit :
If the galvanometer shows deflection , then
So,
Rearranging,
Thus, the graph of vs is a straight line with slope
Hence,
- Read slope from the graph
From the given straight-line plot, the slope is
(Equivalently, if two convenient points are read, the rise/run gives .)
- Calculate figure of merit
Given
Therefore,
Since the answer is to be written in the form
we write
So the figure of merit is
Hence, the required integer is:
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