Question

Which of the following statement is true regarding the characteristic and mantissa of the number?

1 point

The mantissa and the characteristic both may be positive or negative.

The mantissa may be positive or negative while the characteristic is always taken as positive.

The mantissa is always taken as positive while the characteristic may be positive or negative.

None of the above is true statements.

The quantitative aspect dealing with ------------- and --------------- relationship between the reactant and product is called stoichiometry.
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Answer 1

Answer:

The logarithm of a number to the base e is known as Napierian or Natural ... In tables mantissa correct to certain places of decimals are given without the .

Answer 2

The mantissa is always taken as positive while the characteristics may be positive or negative. (Option C)

• Characteristics and mantissa is defined for the value of the log of a number.
• Characteristics are an integral part of the value of the log and mantissa is the decimal part of the value of the log.
• The mantissa is always positive while the characteristics may be positive or negative.
• For example, the log value of a number is 0.345. The mantissa of the number will be 0.345 and the characteristics value of the number will be 0.