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Significant Figures
That depends on your goals AND on your measuring capabilities.
The answer depends on whether you are measuring the drops from a slow drip or the number of drops of water in an ocean!
3 significant figures.
5 significant figures.
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Significant Figures
That depends on your goals AND on your measuring capabilities.
No, the units are independent of the accuracy. If you are measuring volume, how accurate the measurement is (or isn't) will not affect what you are measuring - it will always be volume.
The answer depends on whether you are measuring the drops from a slow drip or the number of drops of water in an ocean!
The degree of accuracy of the measuring instrument.
4 significant figures.
Temperatures are typically measured with 1-2 significant figures, as precision beyond that is usually not needed for everyday purposes. However, in scientific contexts, temperatures can be measured with more significant figures depending on the sensitivity of the measuring instrument.
There are 4 significant figures in 0.0032. Seems to be only 2 significant figures in this number.
There are 3 significant figures in 94.2.
The least count of a measuring instrument is the smallest value that can be measured with the instrument. It determines the precision of the measurement. Significant figures, on the other hand, are the digits in a number that carry meaning about the precision of the measurement. The number of significant figures in a measurement is related to the least count of the instrument used to make that measurement.