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Basile [38]
1 year ago
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"4.What determines how many figures are significant in reported measurement values? What

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MAXImum [283]1 year ago
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As the number of significant figures increases, the more accurate or precise the measurement is.

<h3>What is significant figure?</h3>

The term significant figures refers to the number of important single digits in the coefficient of an expression in scientific notation.

Significant figures are the digits in a value that are known with some degree of confidence.

The effect of reporting more or fewer figures or digits than are significant;

As the number of significant figures increases, the more accurate or precise the measurement is.

As precision of a measurement increases, so does the number of significant figures.

Learn more about significant figures here: brainly.com/question/24491627

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