22 Oct 2021
Problem 40e
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Section: Problems by Topic
Chapter 1: Matter, Measurement, and Problem Solving
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22 Oct 2021
Given information
Given:
Number =
Find :
Significant figures =?
Step-by-step explanation
Step 1.
Significant figure rules:
- All non-zero digits are significant.
- Interior zeros (present between the nonzero digits) are significant.
- Leading zeros (present at the beginning of a number) are not significant.
- Trailing zeros (present at the end of a number) are not significant.
- Trailing zeros present after the decimal are significant.
In the given number , there are 3 non-zero digits that are significant and two trailing zeros that are not significant.
Hence there are three significant figures in .
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