Question

You are solving a measurement problem where the numbers 3.021 x 109 and 1.0482 x 10−4 are divided. How many significant digits should the quotient have?

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Answer 1

The number of significant digits the quotient should have is 5. Option D

What are significant digits?

Significant digits are important single digits from 0 to 9 in the coefficient of an expression.

They are also known as meaningful digits.

Significant figures or digits are the zeros that occur between any two non zero digits.

From the information given, we have;

• 3.021 x 109
• 1.0482 x 10−4

Let's take the quotient

3.021 x 10^9 /1.0482 x 10^−4

This gives;

2. 88208 × 10^13

We can see that the number of significant digits are 5

Thus, the number of significant digits the quotient should have is 5. Option D

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