Question

Give the following numbers correct to the number of significant figures indicated in the brackets:(a) 478.831 06 (4 s.f.)(b) 58.073 02 (3 s.f.) (c) 0.000 068 2 (2 s.f.) (d) 0.048 851 (1 s.f.)

Answer 1

For this case we can do the following:

(a) 478.831 06 (4 s.f.)

478.8311

(b) 58.073 02 (3 s.f.)

58.073

(c) 0.000 068 2 (2 s.f.)

0.00

(d) 0.048 851 (1 s.f.)

0.01