Homework Help: Physics - correction - significant digits

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, February 4, 2008 at 11:37pm.

1) How many SD's?
a) 5.7 = 2 SD
b) 235.12 = 5 SD
c) 8.07 = 3 SD
d) 0.0032 = 2 SD
e) 0.0150 = 3 SD
f) 1.39x10^5 = 3 SD
g) 15.200 = 5SD
h) 1070 = 3 SD

2) Calculations - Please check the SDs
a) 15.3 + 25.03
= 40.33
= 40.3

b) 1200 + 63
= 1263
= 1300

c) 4.78 - 1.2
= 3.58
= 3.6

d) 243.1 + 15.2 + 3.75
= 262.05
= 262.1

e) 0.00170 + 0.02561
= 0.02731
= 0.0273

f) 4.0 - 3.99
= 0.01....

g) 2.7x82.7
= 223.29
= 220

h) 1074x3.21
= 3447.54
= 345

i) 0.022 x 9.7
= 0.2134
= 0.21

j) 0.0220 x 9.70
= 0.2134
= 0.213

k) 23.5/2.0
= 11.75
= 10

l) 0.1735/23
= 0.00754
= 0.0075

m) 18.2 x 27.9 x 1.3
= 660.114
= 660

n) 6.7x2.73/14.74
= 1.240
= 1.24

3) What units would result?
a) cm/s x s
= cm

b) m^2/s
=

c) m/s^2 x s
= m/s

d) m/s / s
=

e)g/cm^3
=

f) kg/m^2 / m
=

Physics - correction - significant digits - bobpursley, Tuesday, February 5, 2008 at 12:26am
2 e,f n are wrong
3. the answers shown are correct, but several are blank.
Physics - correction - significant digits - drwls, Tuesday, February 5, 2008 at 12:56am
The reason (e) is incorrect is that, even though 0.00170 has three sig. digits, this is an addition problem, so only five places to the right of the decimal are required to match the significance of the 0.02561
football - troy, Wednesday, June 8, 2011 at 8:42am
no because i would not quit

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