Concept explainers
(a)
Interpretation:
The given measured digit to three significant figures should be rounded off.
56.855 m
Concept Introduction:
To round off any number we have to follow some rules.
In a number ended with 5, 6, 7, 8, or 9 must be rounded to next nearest 0 digit number. In a number followed by 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4 must be rounded the number down. If we have decimals; in rounding off numbers we have to keep the last figure unchanged and the first figure dropped is less than 5 whereas more than 5 will change the number to the next number.
(b)
Interpretation:
We have to round off the given measured digit to three significant figures.
Concept Introduction:
To round off any number we have to follow some rules. In a number ended with 5, 6, 7, 8, or 9 must be rounded to next nearest 0 digit number. In a number followed by 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4 must be rounded the number down. If we have decimals; in rounding off numbers we have to keep the last figure unchanged and the first figure dropped is less than 5 whereas more than 5 will change the number to the next number.
(c)
Interpretation:
We have to round off the given measured digit to three significant figures.
Concept Introduction:
To round off any number we have to follow some rules. In a number ended with 5, 6, 7, 8, or 9 must be rounded to next nearest 0 digit number. In a number followed by 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4 must be rounded the number down. If we have decimals; in rounding off numbers we have to keep the last figure unchanged and the first figure dropped is less than 5 whereas more than 5 will change the number to the next number.
(d)
Interpretation:
We have to round off the given measured digit to three significant figures.
Concept Introduction:
To round off any number we have to follow some rules. In a number ended with 5, 6, 7, 8, or 9 must be rounded to next nearest 0 digit number. In a number followed by 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4 must be rounded the number down. If we have decimals; in rounding off numbers we have to keep the last figure unchanged and the first figure dropped is less than 5 whereas more than 5 will change the number to the next number.
Want to see the full answer?
Check out a sample textbook solutionChapter 2 Solutions
Basic Chemistry (5th Edition)
- ChemistryChemistryISBN:9781305957404Author:Steven S. Zumdahl, Susan A. Zumdahl, Donald J. DeCostePublisher:Cengage LearningChemistryChemistryISBN:9781259911156Author:Raymond Chang Dr., Jason Overby ProfessorPublisher:McGraw-Hill EducationPrinciples of Instrumental AnalysisChemistryISBN:9781305577213Author:Douglas A. Skoog, F. James Holler, Stanley R. CrouchPublisher:Cengage Learning
- Organic ChemistryChemistryISBN:9780078021558Author:Janice Gorzynski Smith Dr.Publisher:McGraw-Hill EducationChemistry: Principles and ReactionsChemistryISBN:9781305079373Author:William L. Masterton, Cecile N. HurleyPublisher:Cengage LearningElementary Principles of Chemical Processes, Bind...ChemistryISBN:9781118431221Author:Richard M. Felder, Ronald W. Rousseau, Lisa G. BullardPublisher:WILEY