Chemistry: An Introduction to General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry (12th Edition)

Published by Prentice Hall
ISBN 10: 0321908449
ISBN 13: 978-0-32190-844-5

Chapter 2 - Section 2.3 - Significant Figures in Calculations - Questions and Problems - Page 33: 2.24b

Answer

$$2.67 \times 10^4 \space s$$

Work Step by Step

1. Round off to three significant figures: - Remove the last two digits (11), and since $1 \lt 5$, just replace them by zeros: $$26\space 700$$ 2. Express in scientific notation. - Put a decimal point right after the first digit (2), and count the number of remaining digits, which is equal to 4 (6700). Therefore, the number will be multiplied by $10^4$. $$2.67 \times 10^4$$
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