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How many significant digits are there in 100.01050 ?

It might sound stupid but I'm doing significant digits now for aieee, 2 yrs after it was taught!

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Neeraj Phadnis

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19 Apr 2009 18:40:42 IST

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According to me all 8 of them are significant. Pls correct if I'm wrong..

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19 Apr 2009 18:41:37 IST

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u are not wrong

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19 Apr 2009 18:45:17 IST

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8 significant digits...

all zeros b/w nonzeroes r significant ..

zeroes at the end after decimal are significant.

Neeraj Phadnis

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19 Apr 2009 18:46:37 IST

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And what about 0.010500 ?

Is it 5 ?

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19 Apr 2009 19:02:17 IST

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its 6 ...y r u not counting the last zeros there?

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19 Apr 2009 19:17:22 IST

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its 6...nugorama is right

Sahil Gupta

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19 Apr 2009 19:40:20 IST

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Its five in 0.010500

Neeraj Phadnis

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19 Apr 2009 19:45:46 IST

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I didn't count the zero just after the decimal bcoz acc to the rules this zero is insignificant if there is a zero before the decimal and is significant only if there is a non-zero integer before the decimal.

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19 Apr 2009 19:48:15 IST

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hey man u r right .....

NugoRama

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19 Apr 2009 20:11:31 IST

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except the first zero in the number ..every digit luks significant to me

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20 Apr 2009 13:13:47 IST

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0.010500, significant digits should be 5.

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20 Apr 2009 13:16:04 IST

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ITZ 5 AND NOT 6

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20 Apr 2009 13:19:39 IST

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1 0 5 0 0

THESE ARE THE FIVE SIGNIFICANT DIGITS!!

the discussion ends here.............................................................................

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20 Apr 2009 13:29:23 IST

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Yup 10500 are the significant digits.... 5.

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