Question

How many significant digits are there in the number obtained by dividing 10.24 by 16 using significant digits?A. 1B. 2C. 3D. 4

Answer 1

We are asked for the amount of significant figures in a number yet to be obtained. Therefore, we start by obtaining it:

`(10.24)/(16)=0.64`

Therefore, we are asked how many significant figures 0.64 has. The answer is 2. Remember that we count all the non-zero digits and the zeros that have some non-zero digits to their left. Therefore, in this case, the significant digits are 6 and 4