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A Bourdon tube gauge measures:

  1. Absolute pressure
  2. Atmospheric pressure
  3. Gauge pressure
  4. Flow velocity

Answer

C. Gauge pressure

Solution

It reads pressure relative to the surrounding atmosphere.

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