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The length of a wire was measured using two different rulers. How many significant figures are in each measurement?

The length of a wire was measured using two different rulers. How many significant-example-1
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We will have the following

In the first image we can see that the maximum you will measure with a good degree of certainty is the unit, and in the next one we wil have that is the unit and a fraction of it, so:

Top: 1 significative figure.

Bottom: 2 significative figures.

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