Chemistry for Engineering Students
Chemistry for Engineering Students
3rd Edition
ISBN: 9781285199023
Author: Lawrence S. Brown, Tom Holme
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 1, Problem 1.54PAE
Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation:

To calculate cost of one apple when the bag of 1.00-kg containing 8 apples costs $ 1.48 and mass of apple that costs $ 1.00.

Concept introduction:

  • Significant figures are required when performing math operations
  • Use sig. fig rules for multiplication
  • Calculations between SI systems are always exact values.

Given:

apples=8m=1.00kgPrice=$1.48perkg

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