Thinking Like an Engineer: An Active Learning Approach (4th Edition)

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Author: Elizabeth A. Stephan, David R. Bowman, William J. Park, Benjamin L. Sill, Matthew W. Ohland

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Chapter 5.6, Problem 1CC

Determine the number of significant figures and decimal places for each value.

a. 0.0050
b. 3.00
c. 447 × 10⁹
d. 75 × 10^-3
e. 7,790,200
f. 20.000

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