I think I did a calculation wrong but I am having trouble understanding significant figures. In this problem, I am calculation the density of water from my previous calculations mass= 7.359g and volume=7.8mL. So I then divided 7.359g by 7.8mL to find density and got (.9434615385) on my calculator which I then turned into (.94) because I believe there should be 2 significant figures. Is (.94) correct or should 1.4 be the final answer?
I think I did a calculation wrong but I am having trouble understanding significant figures.
In this problem, I am calculation the density of water from my previous calculations mass= 7.359g and volume=7.8mL. So I then divided 7.359g by 7.8mL to find density and got (.9434615385) on my calculator which I then turned into (.94) because I believe there should be 2 significant figures. Is (.94) correct or should 1.4 be the final answer?
Significant figures:
These are the digits of a number that are useful in terms of accuracy and precision.
There are few rules for the significant figures:
1) All non-zero digits are significant.
2) Zeroes present between two non-zero digits are significant.
3) Leading zeroes i.e the zeroes that lie before any non-zero digit are non-significant.
4) Trailing zeroes i.e the zeroes that lie after the significant figure are considered significant.
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