Introductory Chemistry (5th Edition)

Published by Pearson
ISBN 10: 032191029X
ISBN 13: 978-0-32191-029-5

Chapter 2 - Measurement and Problem Solving - Exercises - Problems - Page 50: 50

Answer

a, $108\times10^2$ b, $5.00\times10^6$ c, $1.35$ d, $0.0000345$

Work Step by Step

when rounding the numbers to three significant figures, we round up if the last digit dropped is 5 or more; we round down if the if the last digit dropped is 4 or less a, $10776.522$ = $107.76522\times10^2$ in our case the last digit dropped is 7, so we round it up to $108\times10^2$ b, $4.999902\times10^6$ is rounded up to $5.00\times10^6$ c, $1.399999995$ is rounded up to $1.35$ d, $0.0000344988$ is rounded up to $0.0000345$
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