17.0303
How many significant digits does the following operation have?(40,200.0 * 0.000240) - 2.778
Only one of those numbers has five digits: 71052 As it happens, they are all significant but it wasn't much of a choice.
Five. All nonzero digits are significant and zeros in between significant digits are significant.
All four of the digits given are significant digits.
This number has seven significant digits.
How many significant digits does the following operation have?(40,200.0 * 0.000240) - 2.778
How many significant digits does the following operation have(40,200.0 * 0.000240) - 2.778
Six
3 of them.
The significant digits of a number represent a count of digits and so are represented by an integer. Any integer can be written in fractional form.
Two
it has 6 sig digits (405608) the 0.00 dont count
3.5g
Only one of those numbers has five digits: 71052 As it happens, they are all significant but it wasn't much of a choice.
To determine the number of significant digits in the result of the operation ( (40200.0 \times 0.000240) - 2.778 ), we first evaluate the multiplication. The term ( 40200.0 ) has 6 significant digits, and ( 0.000240 ) has 3 significant digits, so the product will have 3 significant digits (the least in the multiplication). When subtracting ( 2.778 ) (which has 4 significant digits), the final result should be reported to the least precise decimal place of the subtraction, which is determined by the number with the least decimal places (in this case, ( 2.778 ) has 3 decimal places). Therefore, the final result will have 3 significant digits.
Five. All nonzero digits are significant and zeros in between significant digits are significant.
In the number 50.000, there are five significant digits. The zeros to the right of the decimal point are considered significant because they are trailing zeros following a decimal point. Trailing zeros in this context are significant as they indicate precision to the hundredths place.