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ISBN: 9781305705159

Author: Frederick A. Bettelheim, William H. Brown, Mary K. Campbell, Shawn O. Farrell, Omar Torres

Publisher: Cengage Learning

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Chapter 1, Problem 1.26P

1-26 How many significant figures are in the following?

(a) 5.71 × 10¹³

(b) 4.4 × 10⁵

(d) 4.000 × 10-11

(e) 5.5550 × 10-3

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1-26 How many significant figures are in the following? (a) 5.71 × 10 1 3 (b) 4.4 × 10 5 (c) 3 × 10-6 (d) 4.000 × 10-11 (e) 5.5550 × 10-3

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