Chemistry: An Introduction to General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry (12th Edition)

Published by Prentice Hall
ISBN 10: 0321908449
ISBN 13: 978-0-32190-844-5

Chapter 2 - Section 2.3 - Significant Figures in Calculations - Study Check 2.3 - Page 31: 1

Answer

a) 36m b) 0.0026 c) 3.8$\times10^3$g

Work Step by Step

a) All numbers are significant, so round to first two significant figures. b) Zeros to the left of the first non-zero number are not significant. Keep the first two non zero numbers. c) All of the numbers in the coefficients are significant. Keep the first two numbers.
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