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How many significant figures are in the measurement 0.00001 meters?

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Answer:

1 significant figure

Explanation:

Zero is significant when:

It occurs between two non-zero integers, such as 408; it occurs at the end of a number that contains a decimal point, such as 570. or 1.300

Zero is not significant when:

It is before the first non-zero integer, such as 0.0057 (two significant figures); it is at the end of a number that does not contains a decimal point, such as 253,000 (three significant figures)

(trust me I'm taking chemistry this year and literally that is the 'rule' that is written down in my notebook)

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