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How many significant figures are in the measurement 0.0105 km?

a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. 5

User Jeaneen
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Significant figures are starting from left to right from the first non zero digit.
In this case the first significant figure would be 1.
Therefore there are 3 significant figures.
The correct answer is B.
User Jeromy Anglim
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