General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry: Structures of Life (5th Edition)

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Chapter 2 - Chemistry and Measurements - 2.2 Measured Numbers and Significant Figures - Questions and Problems - Page 32: 2.12

Answer

(a) Significant. (b) Significant. (c) Not significant. (d) Not significant. (e) Significant.

Work Step by Step

(a) Zeros between two nonzero digits are always significant. (b) ) Zeros to the right of the decimal point and after the first nonzero digit are significant. (c) Zeros to the left of the first nonzero number are always not significant. (d) Zeros to the right of the last nonzero digit are only significant if there is a decimal point, in this case, there is no decimal point, so they are not significant. (e) Zeros between two nonzero digits are always significant.
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