Question

How many sig figures in 6.03*10^4

Answer 1

there are general rules to find the significant figure.

Lets use them to solve this problem

Rule 1) All non zero digits are significant

rule 2 ) Zeros are also significant with two exceptions:

1. zeros preceding the decimal point.
2. zeros following the decimal point and preceding the first nonzero digit.

Rule 3 )for Scientific notation form: a x 10^b, where “a” and “b” are integers, and "a" has to be between 1 and 10.

here we have 6.03*10^4

Only determine the amount of significant digits in the "6.03" part of the scientific notation form

Disregard the “10^b,” and determine the significant digits in “a.”

so we have 3 significant figure in 6.03*10^4

Answer :- 3 significant figure