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Offline justmoi

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SIGNIFICANT FIGURES or "sig figs"
« on: January 17, 2008, 08:39:04 PM »
Hi

I'm new here, didn't know they have chemistry forum hehe but anyways, I'm takin general chem in college right now (chem 108) and we talked about SIGNIFICANT FIGURES!

can someone tell me exactly how to answere these? I was soo lost in class today when we discussed this topic! thanx
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Re: SIGNIFICANT FIGURES or "sig figs"
« Reply #1 on: January 17, 2008, 08:48:33 PM »
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Re: SIGNIFICANT FIGURES or "sig figs"
« Reply #2 on: January 17, 2008, 08:56:12 PM »
For now, do a search on this forum, the topic comes up often.  Come back with some specific questions.
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Re: SIGNIFICANT FIGURES or "sig figs"
« Reply #3 on: January 17, 2008, 10:02:13 PM »
Take a look at this post in the forum.  Constant Thinker gave a very elegant explanation:  http://www.chemicalforums.com/index.php?topic=21868.0
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Re: SIGNIFICANT FIGURES or "sig figs"
« Reply #4 on: January 18, 2008, 12:10:14 AM »
the best way to understand is t read your book.. ;D
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