College Physics (4th Edition)

Published by McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 10: 0073512141
ISBN 13: 978-0-07351-214-3

Chapter 1 - Problems - Page 20: 22

Answer

(a) $7.68~g$ This measurement has three significant figures. (b) $0.420~kg$ This measurement has three significant figures. (c) $0.073~m$ This measurement has two significant figures. (d) $7.68\times 10^5~g$ This measurement has three significant figures. (e) $4.20\times 10^3~kg$ This measurement has three significant figures. (f) $7.3\times 10^{-2}~m$ This measurement has two significant figures. (g) $2.300\times 10^4~s$ This measurement has four significant figures.

Work Step by Step

We can find the number of significant figures in each measurement. (a) $7.68~g$ This measurement has three significant figures. (b) $0.420~kg$ This measurement has three significant figures. (c) $0.073~m$ This measurement has two significant figures. (d) $7.68\times 10^5~g$ This measurement has three significant figures. (e) $4.20\times 10^3~kg$ This measurement has three significant figures. (f) $7.3\times 10^{-2}~m$ This measurement has two significant figures. (g) $2.300\times 10^4~s$ This measurement has four significant figures.
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