CET Karnataka Medical CET - Karnataka Medical Solved Paper-2009

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    The number of significant figures in the numbers \[4.8000\times {{10}^{4}}\] and\[48000.50\]are respectively

    A)  5 and 6         

    B)  5 and 7

    C)  2 and 7         

    D)  2 and 6

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    The  number of significant . figures in \[4.8000\times {{10}^{4}}\] is 5 (zeros on right after decimal are counted while zeros in powers of 10 are not counted). The number of significant figures in 48000.50 is 7 (all the zeros between two non-zero digits are significant).


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