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Write the following measured quantities as you would record them using the correct number of significant figures based on the device used to make the measurements.
a. Exactly
b. A temperature that appears to be exactly
c. A time of exactly nine seconds measured with a stopwatch that has smallest scale marking of
d. Fifteen and one-half degrees measured with a protractor that has
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