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See attached pic. I am confused on how to answer A with the correct number of significant figures.

See attached pic. I am confused on how to answer A with the correct number of significant-example-1
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Recall one of the rules for significant figures

A final zero or trailing zeros in the decimal portion ONLY are significant

24.00 mg has four significant figures

2,4, 0 and 0

24.00 mg when converted to grams is 0.024 g

0.024 only has 2 significant figures, therefore we need to add 2 more zeroes at the end of 4

0.024 g → 0.02400 g

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