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Question 25: Sensors and Industrial Instrumentation

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Active strain gauges are connected in a half-bridge configuration to measure strain in a cantilever element. When powered by a voltage source of 10 V, the voltage at the output of the bridge is 1 mV. If the gauge factor is 2.5, the strain in the cantilever element is ______ microstrain.
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