2/3 points | Previous Answers SerCP11 1.P.016 Carry out the followin Notes Ask Y

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2/3 points | Previous Answers SerCP11 1.P.016 Carry out the followin Notes Ask Y g arithmetic operations. (Enter your answers to the correct number of significant figures.) (a) the sum of the measured values 521, 37.8, 0.85, and 9.0 592.65X Your response is within 10% of the correct value. This may be due to roundoff error, or you could have a mistake in your calcul. Carry out all intermediate results to at least four-digit accuracy to minimize roundoff error. (b) the product 0.0052 x 464.9 2.4 (c) the product 18.9 x T 59.38

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Rule for addition and subtraction:

The number of digits after decimal in result is minimum of number of digits after decimal in either operand

Rule for Multiplication and division:

The number of significant figure in result is minimum of number of significant figures in either operand

a)

521 + 37.8 + 0.85 + 9.0

= 569

Result will have 0 digits after decimal because 521 has 0 digits after decimal

Answer: 569

b)

0.0052*464.9

= 2.4

Result will have 2 significant figures because 0.0052 has 2 significant figures

Answer: 2.4

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