Chemistry: The Molecular Nature of Matter and Change 7th Edition

Published by McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 10: 007351117X
ISBN 13: 978-0-07351-117-7

Chapter 1 - Problems - Page 37: 1.57

Answer

0.169

Work Step by Step

After reducing each numbers significant figures by one number, the calculation is $(11\times6.2\times2.38)\div(24\times2\times20)$, which is $(162.316)\div(960)$ which is equal to 0.169. Three significant figures are used because the largest amount of significant figures used in the initial calculation is 3.
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