Inclined sight with tilted staff—error expression: If θ is the vertical angle of an inclined sight and δ is the angle of tilt of the staff from the vertical, the resulting error in the staff reading is best represented by which expression?

Civil Engineering Surveying Difficulty: Medium
Choose an option
  • A
    l (1 − cos δ) sec θ
  • B
    l sin²(δ/2) sec θ
  • C
    l tan θ sin δ
  • D
    l (sec θ − sec(θ ± δ))
  • E
    none of these

Answer

Correct Answer: l (1 − cos δ) sec θ

Explanation

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