Standard Form Significant Figures
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Standard Form Significant FiguresHi
I'm not fully understand how this works.
I know how to turn numbers into a significant number but I don't understand what I should do with the indices.
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Re: Standard Form Significant FiguresThere is a mistake with the last answer.
All they want you to do is round the number to two significant figures.
So if it's 3.67 times 10 to the power of 11, to two significant figures, that is 3.7 times 10 to the power of 11. The last answer should be 6.4 times 10 to the power of 6.
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Re: Standard Form Significant FiguresYes I was just curious as to why it was 10^4 instead of 10^6(Original post by hcam)
There is a mistake with the last answer.
All they want you to do is round the number to two significant figures.
So if it's 3.67 times 10 to the power of 11, to two significant figures, that is 3.7 times 10 to the power of 11. The last answer should be 6.4 times 10 to the power of 6.
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