General Chemistry: Principles and Modern Applications (10th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0132064529
ISBN 13: 978-0-13206-452-1

Chapter 1 - Matter: Its Properties and Measurement - Exercises - Self-Assessment Exercises - Page 33: 108

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The list in order of increasing precision, with uncertain quantities in parentheses, is: (e) 2000 mg (1 s.f.) (a) 1400 km (2 s.f.) (c) 0.00304 g (3 s.f.) (b) 1516 kg (4 s.f.) (d) 125.34 cm (5 s.f.) The uncertain quantities are: • In (e) 2000 mg, (1 significant figure) the precision of the measurement is not specified. It could be uncertain by a few milligrams or more. • In (a) 1400 km, 1 and 4 are significant, zeros are ambiguous
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