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Mathplayer223:

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Mathplayer223:

lowkey:

Hi. Do you know how to start this question?

SmokeyBrown:

Just like the previous questions in this assignment, we can start by doing the calculations and then formatting our results to have the appropriate number of sig figs. For the first one, 654.56 / 89.341 gives us 7.3265354.... and we can see from the operands that we will need our result to have 5 sig figs, since both 654.56 and 89.341 have 5 sig figs. I will leave the rounding and the unit for this one to you

lowkey:

So this question focuses on Significant Figures in chemistry. Simply said, significant figures are the number of figures believed to be correct. There's several significant figure rules but we will focus on multiplication and division for now. The product contains the same number of figures as the number containing the least sig figs used to obtain it.

lowkey:

What @smokeybrown Said LOL

Mathplayer223:

7.3265

SmokeyBrown:

@mathplayer223 wrote:
7.3265
Well done, I think you are correct! For the second one, 93. * 21. gives us 1953 as a result. Since "93." and "21." each have 2 sig figs, we would write our answer in scientific notation to also have 2 sig figs. See if you can do that yourself for now

Mathplayer223:

1.9x10^3

Mathplayer223:

2.0?

SmokeyBrown:

@mathplayer223 wrote:
1.9x10^3
@mathplayer223 wrote:
2.0?
Another good answer! In this case, I think you would want to round up, since the 5 in 1953 rounds up, carrying to the 9, giving you 2000, which written in scientific notation is 2.0 * 10^3, as you guessed. Again, well done For the third one, 2.094 * 4.525 gives 9.47535 as a result. By now, you probably see the method, but I'll explain anyway just to be sure. 2.094 and 4.525 both have 4 sig figs, so the result will also have 4 sig figs. Simply round the result to the appropriate size, and you should have your answer

Mathplayer223:

9.475

SmokeyBrown:

@mathplayer223 wrote:
9.475
I would agree with you. Looks good! Why don't we go ahead and see if we got them?

Mathplayer223:

thanks it was right

SmokeyBrown:

Awesome, good deal!

Mathplayer223:

ive been here for 3 hours im glad im done

SmokeyBrown:

Haha, sounds like a nice feeling. Glad you were able to figure it out :)

Mathplayer223:

good night

SmokeyBrown:

Same to you :)

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