Measuring with a 30 m chain, 0.01 m too short, introduces positive compensating

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Measuring with a 30 m chain, 0.01 m too short, introduces
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A. positive compensating error
B. negative compensating error
C. positive cumulative error
D. negative cumulative error.

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positive cumulative error

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