Sunday, October 25, 2015

Significant Figures

The hardest lesson so far in this unit is significant figures. The definition of a significant figure is "each of the digits of a number that are used to express it to the required degree of accuracy, starting from the first nonzero digit". During the notes, I became very confused because there was a lot of information coming at once, so I did not have much time to process and understand it, but after looking at some different websites, I feel like I understand a little better. Below are some links that I feel like helped me understand what significant figures are and how to determine the number of significant figures in a number a little better.



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  1. HammingOctober 28, 2015 at 9:45 PM

    I completely agree. This is the main thing I'm nervous about for the test tomorrow. Thanks for the links by the way. They should really help.

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  2. AnonymousNovember 1, 2015 at 7:59 PM

    I understand your confusion with sig figs, I had the same confusion. Its a pretty hard concept to grasp, but the links you put up are very helpful.

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