Describe what is meant by significant figures and order of magnitude.
Answers
The digits, whose values are accurately known in a particular measurement are called significant figures. The number expressing the magnitude of a measurement should be recorded with only as many as digit as properly indicate the accuracy of the measurement
An order of magnitude is an exponential change of plus-or-minus 1 in the value of a quantity or unit. The term is generally used in conjunction with power-of-10 scientific notation.
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Explanation:
The order of magnitude of a physical quantity is its magnitude in powers of ten when the physical quantity is expressed in powers of ten with one digit to the left of the decimal. ... Two numbers of the same order of magnitude have roughly the same scale — the larger value is less than ten times the smaller value.