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Operations with Significant Figures

Q. (a) Calculate the number of cells in a hummingbird assuming the mass of an average cell is ten times the mass of a bacterium. (b) Making the same a...

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Operations with Significant Figures

Q. Would an answer that generated the response below be considered correct and give you full credit?Significant Figures Feedback: Your answer 12499 wa...

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Operations with Significant Figures

Q. The density of an object is defined as its mass divided by its volume. Suppose the mass and volume of a rock are measured to be 8 g and 2.8325 cm3....

Solved • Oct 29, 2018

Operations with Significant Figures

Q. Express the following sum with the correct number of significant figures: 1.60 m + 143.5 cm + 4.52×105 m .

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Operations with Significant Figures

Q. The age of the universe is thought to be about 14 billion years.Assuming two significant figures, write this in powers of ten in years.Assuming two...

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Operations with Significant Figures

Q. Add ( 9.2 × 103 s ) + ( 8.3 × 104 s ) + ( 0.008 × 106 s ).

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Operations with Significant Figures

Q. For small angles (α < 20°), the numerical value of sin α is approximately the same as the numerical value of tan α{an (heta)}.Find the largest a...

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Operations with Significant Figures

Q. You measure the radius of a wheel to be 4.16 cm.Multiply by 2 to get the diameter and express the result using the correct number of significant fi...

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Operations with Significant Figures

Q. Express the sine of 30.0 with the correct number of significant figures.

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Operations with Significant Figures

Q. With a wooden ruler you measure the length of a rectangular piece of sheet metal to be 14 mm. You use micrometer calipers to measure the width of...

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Operations with Significant Figures

Q. A regulation soccer field for international play is a rectangle with a length between 100 m and 110 m and a width between 64 m and 75 m.Wh...

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Operations with Significant Figures

Q. Compute the following numbers, applying the significant figure rule adopted in this textbook. You may want to review (Pages 23 - 26).33.6 25.6 ...

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Operations with Significant Figures

Q. An intravenous saline drip has 9.0 g of sodium chloride per liter of water. By definition, 1 mL = 1 cm3.Express the salt concentration in ...

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Operations with Significant Figures

Q. Perform the following calculations with the correct number of significant figures.(a) 159.31 x 204.6(b) 5.1125 + 0.67 + 3.2(c) 7.662 - 7.425(d) 16....

Solved • Oct 29, 2018

Operations with Significant Figures

Q. As an architect, you are designing a new house. A window has a height between 150 cm and 160 cm and a width between 82 cm a...

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Operations with Significant Figures

Q. Carry out the arithmetic operations (a) the sum of the measured values 756 37.2 0.83 and 2 (b) the product 0.003 2 3 356.3 and (c) the product 5.62...

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Operations with Significant Figures

Q. The length and width of a rectangle are 1.125 m and 0.606 m, respectively. Multiplying your calculator gives the product as 0.68175. Rounding prope...

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Q. (a) Calculate the number of cells in a hummingbird assuming the mass of an average cell is ten times the mass of a bacterium. (b) Making the same a...

Q. Would an answer that generated the response below be considered correct and give you full credit?Significant Figures Feedback: Your answer 12499 wa...

Q. The density of an object is defined as its mass divided by its volume. Suppose the mass and volume of a rock are measured to be 8 g and 2.8325 cm3....

Q. Express the following sum with the correct number of significant figures: 1.60 m + 143.5 cm + 4.52×105 m .

Q. The age of the universe is thought to be about 14 billion years.Assuming two significant figures, write this in powers of ten in years.Assuming two...

Q. Add ( 9.2 × 103 s ) + ( 8.3 × 104 s ) + ( 0.008 × 106 s ).

Q. For small angles (α < 20°), the numerical value of sin α is approximately the same as the numerical value of tan α{an (heta)}.Find the largest a...

Q. You measure the radius of a wheel to be 4.16 cm.Multiply by 2 to get the diameter and express the result using the correct number of significant fi...

Q. Express the sine of 30.0 with the correct number of significant figures.

Q. With a wooden ruler you measure the length of a rectangular piece of sheet metal to be 14 mm. You use micrometer calipers to measure the width of...

Q. A regulation soccer field for international play is a rectangle with a length between 100 m and 110 m and a width between 64 m and 75 m.Wh...

Q. Compute the following numbers, applying the significant figure rule adopted in this textbook. You may want to review (Pages 23 - 26).33.6 25.6 ...

Q. An intravenous saline drip has 9.0 g of sodium chloride per liter of water. By definition, 1 mL = 1 cm3.Express the salt concentration in ...

Q. Perform the following calculations with the correct number of significant figures.(a) 159.31 x 204.6(b) 5.1125 + 0.67 + 3.2(c) 7.662 - 7.425(d) 16....

Q. As an architect, you are designing a new house. A window has a height between 150 cm and 160 cm and a width between 82 cm a...

Q. Carry out the arithmetic operations (a) the sum of the measured values 756 37.2 0.83 and 2 (b) the product 0.003 2 3 356.3 and (c) the product 5.62...

Q. The length and width of a rectangle are 1.125 m and 0.606 m, respectively. Multiplying your calculator gives the product as 0.68175. Rounding prope...