Monday, September 14, 2009

Tutorial on Significant figures

Here is the link: http://www.chem.sc.edu/faculty/morgan/resources/sigfigs/

Please use the tutorial and other web based sources to understand how to use significant figures. Why you ask? Knowing what you don't know (uncertainty) is a benchmark for strength and good judgement.

Ex. Your car gets 30 mi/gal and you need to go 320 mi. Loading (measuring) 11 gallons into the tank will only sometimes get you there. huh?

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