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A student measures the mass of an object at 4.68 g and the volume of the object at 2.3 mL. The student calculated the density as 2.03478 g/mL. A second student disagrees with the density. Which of the
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A student measures the mass of an object at 4.68 g and the volume of the object at 2.3 mL. The student calculated the density as 2.03478 g/mL. A second student disagrees with the density. Which of the following statements would explain why the second student disagrees?

The number of decimals in the answer does not show proper precision.

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2.3 mL has only 2 significant figures.

An accurate solution can have only 2 significant figures (density = 2.0)

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