Question

Find the difference between two masses measured as 123.6 grams and 115.972 grams. Express the answer to the correct number of significant figures.

Answer 1

The difference is 7.6 grams.

Step-by-step explanation:

In mathematics the difference of two numbers is express as the subtraction between them:

`a-b`

So to find out the difference between the two measured masses, a will be represented by 123.6 grams since is the bigger number, and b by 115.972 grams.

Therefore, it is get:

`123.6grams-115.972grams = 7.6grams`

Hence, the difference is 7.6 grams.

The result of 7.628 will be expressed as 7.6 to have the correct number of significant figures.

Notice how that can be express in units of kilograms too since there is 1000 gram in 1 kilogram:

`7.6grams . (1Kg)/(1000grams)` ⇒
`7.6x10^(-3)Kg`