Source: Extra Practice
The number of significant figures in the measured values , , and are respectively:
Options
Option A is correct
1, 3, and 4
Option B
3, 3, and 3
Option C
4, 24, and 4
Option D
1, 24, and 3
Explanation
According to the rules for significant figures: (1) In , the leading zeros are not significant; only the '7' is significant (1 figure). (2) In scientific notation , only the base number counts; the power of 10 is irrelevant for significance (3 figures). (3) In , the leading zero is not significant, but the trailing zero after the decimal point is significant (4 figures). Hence, the counts are 1, 3, and 4.