Q1: The focal length of the object glass of a tacheometer is 200 mm, the distance between the vertical axis of the tachometer and the optical centre of the object glass is 100 mm and the spacing between the upper and lower line of the diaphragm axis is 4 mm. With the line of collima-tion perfectly horizontal, the staff intercepts are 1 m (top), 2 m (middle), and 3 m (bottom). The horizontal distance (m) between the staff and the instrument station is