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Q1.10: NCERT Physics - Part 1 UNITS AND MEASUREMENT 1.10 Solution: State the number of significant figures in the following: (a)…
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Students frequently ignore trailing zeros after the decimal point, treating 0.2370 as having only three significant figures. Remember that any zero to the right of the decimal point and after a non-zero digit is significant, so 0.2370 has four significant figures.
State the number of significant figures in the following: (a) 0.007 m_ (b) 2.64 _ 10__ kg (c) 0.2370 g cm__ (d) 6.320 J (e) 6.032 N m__ (f) 0.0006032 m_
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**Answer:** (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 4 (e) 4 (f) 4
**Step-by-Step Explanation:**
(a) 0.007 m_ has one significant figure (7).
(b) kg has three significant figures.
(c) 0.2370 g cm__ has four significant figures.
(d) 6.320 J has four significant figures.
(e) 6.032 N m__ has four significant figures.
(f) 0.0006032 m_ has four significant figures.
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