How many significant figures does 0.90100 contain?

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How many significant figures does 0.90100 contain?
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C
6.
D
Transcribed Image Text:DMCHEMISTRY5 28 of 36 MULTIPLE CHOICE How many significant figures does 0.90100 contain? B 3 C 6. D
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Significant figures tell about the accuracy of the results obtained in an experiment and easy data collection.

It helps in making the calculations easy. Also, non-zero digits are always significant.

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The rules for the counting of the significant figures are:

Non- zero digits, for example, 123 has 3 significant figures.

Zeroes present between the significant figures are also a significant example, 201.101 has six significant figures.

Zeroes present in the left of the significant figures are not considered significant. As an example, 0.0023 has only 2 significant figures.

 

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