59 is exact
You don't know that it's an exact number. It might be 59,1 or something like that, rounded to 59. Same with 2.
The lowest amount of significant figures is 2, so that's what the answer should have. No idea why they opted for 1 in the first question.
Comment has been collapsed.
Okay that makes sense. Thank you heaps. I looked back and in some of the questions the lecturer specifically said "presume 4 is exact". I assume that when he doesnt mention it, we shouldnt presume anything is exact then! Thanks.
Yeah, I'm totally lost on the first question. No idea why the said that it's 1 decimal place.
Comment has been collapsed.
Sometimes you'll know from the context that a number is exact (like for an example if you're using the speed of light, as the meter is defined based on it), but if you don't get such a context, or you're told that a number is exact, you can generally not assume it.
Comment has been collapsed.
162 Comments - Last post 6 minutes ago by druminy
770 Comments - Last post 33 minutes ago by Fluffster
16 Comments - Last post 1 hour ago by 10102103
122 Comments - Last post 2 hours ago by domisolis
47 Comments - Last post 7 hours ago by akimoki
47,331 Comments - Last post 7 hours ago by MeguminShiro
16,769 Comments - Last post 10 hours ago by orono
134 Comments - Last post 34 seconds ago by CptWest
49 Comments - Last post 9 minutes ago by fernandopa
10,255 Comments - Last post 10 minutes ago by ManOman
38 Comments - Last post 14 minutes ago by RiderOfPhoenix
10,024 Comments - Last post 17 minutes ago by Fluffster
13 Comments - Last post 23 minutes ago by Zorskan
152 Comments - Last post 27 minutes ago by Lifedreamer
This is probably my first post in many weeks (probably months)...!!
1
So I have this question:
Q: Evaluate the following, quoting the result to a suitable degree of accuracy
6.08 / 59 + 0.656
A: 0.8
I was wondering why it's 0.8
Here is what I got. 6.08 / 59 is 0.10305, 6.08 is 3 significant figures and 59 is exact. Then 0.103 + 0.656 is 0.759. Both of 0.103 and 0.656 have 3 decimal points so we should use a 3 decimal point answer. Why then is the answer 1 decimal point?
2
11 * 0.18067
The answer says that I need to have 2 significant figures, however isn't 11 an exact number? Therefore shouldnt my answer be 5 sig figs?
Thanks heaps in advance and sorry for the random post.
Thanks for Skyrim
Comment has been collapsed.