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  • 05-09-2018
  • Mathematics
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Suppose that you measure a pen to be 10.6 cm long. Convert this to meters. Express the length in meters to three significant figures.

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  • 05-09-2018

Use dimensional analysis:

[tex] \frac{10.6cm}{1}*\frac{1m}{100cm}=0.106m [/tex]

Since we multiplied a numerator and a denominator by centimeters, we are only left with meters.

This answer is already is three significant figures by default.

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