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Rules in determining significant figures in four fundamental operations?
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The simple rule is: no more significant figures than the least accurate of the values in the computation. For multiplication and division, the result should have as many significant figures as the measured number with the smallest number of significant figures. For addition and subtraction, the result should have as many decimal places as the measured number with the smallest number of decimal places. (Rounding off can be tricky, but that would be another thread)
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How do algebraic operations involving significant figures?
because you are stupid...
When determining the number of significant digits in a measurement all zero are significant?
If your question was 'what is 216 to one significant figure', the answer would be 2. This is because the two means two hundred. If your number was 0.216 and you had to round it to one significant figure it would also be 2, but if your number is 0.203 and you had to round it to two significant figures you would say 20 this is because you only count the zeros as significant figures after an actual number. For example; 0.31 to two significant figures would be 31 but 0.301 to two significant figures would be 30.
What are the rules in performing operations involving significant figures?
You make you're calculations using has many (or more) significant figures as requested without any further considerations until you get to the final result... You reduce the final results significant figures to the requested one or add zeros at the end to match it if it is an exact result
What are the rules in the determining the number of significant figures?
The rules for identifying significant figures when writing or interpreting numbers are as follows: All non-zero digits are considered significant. For example, 91 has two significant figures (9 and 1), while 123.45 has five significant figures (1, 2, 3, 4 and 5). Zeros appearing anywhere between two non-zero digits are significant. Example: 101.1203 has seven significant figures: 1, 0, 1, 1, 2, 0 and 3. Leading zeros are not significant. For example, 0.00052 has two significant figures: 5 and 2. Trailing zeros in a number containing a decimal point are significant. For example, 12.2300 has six significant figures: 1, 2, 2, 3, 0 and 0. The number 0.000122300 still has only six significant figures (the zeros before the 1 are not significant). In addition, 120.00 has five significant figures since it has three trailing zeros.
How many significant figures does 20.2 have?
20.2 has three significant figures.
What are the values in determining the number of significant figures involving the four mathematical operations?
addition multiplication division subtraction
What is the importance of determining the rules of significant figures?
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What are the rules in determining the number of significant figures?
You count the number of figures from left to right starting with the first number different from 0. Example: 205 has 3 significant figures 0.0000205 has 3 significant figures 0.000020500000 has 8 significant figures
How do algebraic operations involving significant figures?
because you are stupid...
What are the rules to be followed in determining the number of significant figures?
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How many significant figures are in 1.0 X 102?
The number 1.84 x 103 has three significant figures, 1.84. The 103 part of the number does not count when determining significant figures.
How many significant figures should be in resulting calculation?
The answer depends on what operations were used. There should normally not be more significant figures in the answer than in any of the numbers used in the calculation.
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.
When determining the number of significant digits in a measurement all zero are significant?
If your question was 'what is 216 to one significant figure', the answer would be 2. This is because the two means two hundred. If your number was 0.216 and you had to round it to one significant figure it would also be 2, but if your number is 0.203 and you had to round it to two significant figures you would say 20 this is because you only count the zeros as significant figures after an actual number. For example; 0.31 to two significant figures would be 31 but 0.301 to two significant figures would be 30.
How many significant figures are in 1.0054?
4 significant figures.
What are the rules in performing operations involving significant figures?
You make you're calculations using has many (or more) significant figures as requested without any further considerations until you get to the final result... You reduce the final results significant figures to the requested one or add zeros at the end to match it if it is an exact result
How many significant figures in 9400?
There are 3 significant figures in 94.2.
