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Should durations of time be considered to determine final significant figures of answer?
In preparation for AP Chemistry this upcoming semester I've been assigned a number of challenge problems. One of them is as following:
Suppose that polluted air has carbon monoxide $(\ce{CO})$ levels ...
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Does the addition or multiplication rule have precedence deciding the significant figures in 5×5.364? [duplicate]
How many significant figures should be present in the answer of
$5\times 5.364$?
Addition rule: The result cannot have more digits to the right of the decimal point than either of the original ...
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How do I round a calculation involving both addition/subtraction and multiplication/division to the correct number of significant figures?
I'm just learning about significant figures (sig figs) in my chemistry class, and I'm confused about the rules. An example to my problem: if I had the following expression:
$$\left ( \frac{2.378 - 1.2}...
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