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Saturday, December 25, 2010

Problems - Significant Figures, Accuracy, and Rounding Off

Question 1:
Write the following numbers to tenths-place accuracy.
a. 14.6026
b. 056.0420
c. 1,046.06
d. 1/16
e. p

Solution 1:
a. 14.6026 = 14.6

b. 056.0420 = 56.0
c. 1,046.06 = 1046.1
d. 1/16 = 0.1
e. p = 3.1

Question 2:

Repeat the Question 1 using thousandts-place accuracy.

Solution 2:
a. 14.6026 = 14.603

b. 056.0420 = 56.042
c. 1,046.06 = 1046.060
d. 1/16 = 0.063
e. p = 3.142

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