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What is the number of significant digits in the measurement 104.100 m?

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Answer:

6

6 significant digits

Step-by-step explanation:

Number of significant digits of a number are the number of digits that carry a relevant contribution to the measurement.

For the case above;

104.100

rule - all digits to the right of the decimal of any number equal or greater than 1 will count as a significant digit.

104.100 --- .100 ( the three digits counts)

And since the the digits to the left are none zero digits, so they all count as significant digits.

104.100 --- 104 ( the three digits counts)

The total number of significant digits,

Since all the digits of the number 104.100 will count as a significant digit.

The number of significant digits is equal to the number of digits in the number.

N = 6

6 significant digits

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