Answer:
(a) 3
(b) 4
(c) 3
Step-by-step explanation:
To find the number of significant figure, ignore all zeros on the left and count the remaing digits.
(a) ignore 0.0, so 590 is 3 s. f.
(b) no zeros to the left, so 4 s. f.
(c) ignore 0.00, so 122 is 3 s. f.
Number 1 is x=8!!
2 is pretty confusing so I hope someone else can answer two as I have answered 1!
The answer to that equation is X= -1
To make this easy let covert everything using a LCD.
The LCD of 1/4 1/12 and 1/6 is 12. This becomes...
Tom ate 3/12 of the pizza.
Leftover pizza = 9/12.
Slices were 1/12.
X friends got pizza.
Remaining pizza is 2/12.
if each friend got 1 piece(1/12)....
9/12(Leftovers) - 2/12(remaining) = 7/12
So 7 friends got pizza.
It's D the comunicative property of addition