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How do you determine the number of significant in a measured quantity?
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The significant figures (also called significant digits) of a number are those digits that carry meaning contributing to it's precision. This includes all digits except:
- Leading zeros where they serve merely as placeholders indicate the scale of the number.
- spurious digits introduced, for example, by calculations carried out to greater accuracy than that of the original data, or measurements reported to a greater precision than the equipment supports.
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Determine the number of significant figures of 2603000?
4 of them.
When you add or subtract what is the rule for determining the number of significant figures in the answer?
= significant figures = and got For addition and subtraction, the result should have as many decimal places as the measured number with the smallest number of decimal places.
Determine the number of significant figures in each measurement 12.90 s?
4 significant figures.Zeros are significant if they are between two non-zero numbers, or if they are "trailing" zeros in a number with a decimal point.Eg.0.000047 = 2 significant figures4.7000 = 5 significant figures
When multiplying and diving measured quantities the number of significant figures in the result should be equal to the number of significant figures in?
The final answer.is only as accurate as the least accurate component in the calculation, so use the significant figures of the measurement with the fewest.
How many significant digits is 10.00?
Four. All non zero numbers are always significant. Zeroes that are between non zero numbers are always significant. Zeroes that are to the right of a non zero number and that contain a decimal point are significant.
What is the number of measured quantity 351g?
351
Is ml a measured number or an exact number?
Milliliters (abbreviated "ml") is generally a measured quantity.
Why are significant figures used and how are significant figures obtained?
Significant figures are used to receive a more accurate number. To obtain the number you you multiply or divide the quantities, leave as many significant figures in the answer as there are in the quantity with the least number or significant figures. If adding or subtracting quantities, leave the same number of decimal places in the answer as there are in the quantity with the least number of decimal places
What is the meaning of the number of digits reported in a measured quantity?
the number of digits reflects the certainty in the measurement
When multiplying and dividing measured quantities the number of significant figures in the result should be equal to the number of significant figures in what?
The number of significant figures should be equal to the significant figures in the least precise measurement.
How many significant does 0.00000006 have?
"Dose" is a measured portion of a medicine. I am not aware of any number - no matter how small, that has measured quantities of medication - wther or not that dose is significant!
What is the number of significant figures in 546 km?
3 of them.
What is the rule you use to determine the number of significant figures in the results of addition and subtraction?
The least number of significant figures in any number of the problem determines the number of significant figures in the answer.
What are the similarities between pressure and quantity?
Pressure is a force measured in amounts. Quantity is about amounts of something. Therefore they are similar by virtue of being about a `number of things'.
How do you determine how many significant figures to keep in an answer obtained by adding and subtracting?
The least number of significant figures in any number of the problem determines the number of significant figures in the answer.
What number of significant figure is the measured value 0.003 20 g is?
23
Determine the number of significant figures of 2603000?
4 of them.
