Question

Determine the number of significant digits in the measurement.

60.00 g

Answer 1

if we take away everything after the decimal point do we lose accuracy?

Answer 2

i think

Answer 3

whats the correct answer?

Answer 4

This has 4 Significant figures.
We know that 60. has to be significant.
But the .00 have great significance in the measurement as it tells us to what degree of Accuracy AND precision the physcial Quantity is measured.

Understood? :)