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A tyre pressure gauge reads which kind of pressure?
AAbsolute pressure
BVapour pressure
CGauge pressure
DPartial pressure
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Gauge pressure
Such instruments show only how much the tyre air exceeds the outside atmospheric pressure.
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