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 2.7 - Density - Understanding the Concepts - Page 52: 2.64

Answer

a, b & c have same no. of significant figures

Work Step by Step

a. There are 3 significant figures in 3.44 x 10^-3 and 3 significant figures in 0.0344, hence same b. There are 2 significant figures in 0.0098 and 2 significant figures in 9.8 x 10^4, hence same c. There are 2 significant figures in 6.8 x 10^3 and 2 significant figures in 68 000, hence same d. There are 6 significant figures in 258.000 and 3 significant figures in 2.58 x 10^-2, hence different
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