Because if you start at one for example you starting at a extra cm/m/mm. So when you get your measurement result it will be wrong by just one cm/m/mm. Hope this wasn't too confusing.
7.93 x 10⁶mi
Explanation:
Significant figures are numbers that shows how accurate and precise scientific measurements are reported.
Here are some rules to identifying them;
- All non-zero digits are significant
- zeros between digits are significant
- leading zero before a decimal are not significant
- trailing zero after a decimal are significant
- trailing zero before a decimal point are significant.
The number 7926381 has 7 significant numbers.
To write in the scientific notation, we simply express as N x 10ᵃ
N is the number of significant number
a is the exponent
N here is 7.93
a here is 6
7.93 x 10⁶mi
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Explanation:
Student A would be introducing more error. While student B is subtracting the actual filter paper used in the experiment, Student A is using the mass of a different filter paper, which may have a slightly different mass than the filter paper that was used. To avoid having to aacount for this, or introducing such an error, follow Student B in weighing the filter paper before adding the sand.
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