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How many significant figures will there be in the answer to the following problem 101.7 x 5.45?
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∙ 7y ago
For a multiplication or division, you should check how many significant figures each of the factors has, and take the least of them. This is the number of significant figures you should keep in the answer.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 9y agoIn general, the answer below is correct.
However, there is another approach to answering the question. The first number belongs to the interval (101.65, 101.75). The second is in (5.445, 5.455). Their product is, therefore, in the range (553.48425, 555.04625). Therefore, in terms of significant figure, the product is 550, to two sig fig.
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∙ 7y agoThe least number of significant figures in any number of the problem determines the number of significant figures in the answer.
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3.27 x 10 to the 8th power equals what percent of 6.43 x 10 the 17th power?
First write out the problem: 3.27*108= x * 6.43 * 1017 Divide both sides by 6.43 * 1017 (3.27/6.43) * 108-17=x .509 * 10-11=x (Notice that I rounded it to 3 significant figures) If you want to put it in scientific notation then the answer is 5.09 * 10-12
Solve this problem -282- 1017?
-1299
Solve the problem negative 282 subtract plus 1017 equals?
1299
What is seven point three two times ten to the seventeenth power?
7.32 X 1017 = 732,000,000,000,000,000 ====================Whatever that figures name is.
What are the factors for 1017?
The factors of 1017 are: 1, 3, 9, 113, 339, 1017.
What is 1017 in roman numerals?
1017 = MXVII
Negative 282 minus positive 1017 equals?
-282 + (-1017) = -282 - 1017 = -1299
How do you solve-282- plus 1017 equals?
735
What are the factors of 1017?
The positive integer factors of 1017 are: 1, 3, 9, 113, 339, 1017
What is less 1017 or 1318?
1017 is less than 1318
What is the answer for this equation -1017 plus x equals -56?
-1073
Is 1017 divisible by 3?
yes ofcourse 1017/3=339
