Chapter 1: Q5. (page 17)
You measure the radius of a wheel to be 4.16 cm. If you multiply it by 2 to get the diameter, should you write the result as 8 cm or as 8.32 cm? Justify your answer.
Short Answer
The diameter of the wheel is 8.32 cm.
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Chapter 1: Q5. (page 17)
You measure the radius of a wheel to be 4.16 cm. If you multiply it by 2 to get the diameter, should you write the result as 8 cm or as 8.32 cm? Justify your answer.
The diameter of the wheel is 8.32 cm.
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A certain compact disc (CD) contains 783.216 megabytes of digital information. Each byte consists of exactly 8 bits. When played, a CD player reads the CD’s information at a constant rate of 1.4 megabits per second. How many minutes does the player take to read the entire CD?
Why is it incorrect to think that the more digits you include in your answer, the more accurate it is?
Write the following as full (decimal) numbers without prefixes on the units: (a) 286.6 mm, (b) 85 μV(c) 760 mg, (d) 62.1 ps, (e) 22.5 nm, (f) 2.50 gigavolts.
represents the dimensions for which of the following?
(a) cm2
(b) square feet
(c) m2
(d) All the above
An angstrom (symbol) is a unit of length, defined as, which is on the order of the diameter of an atom.
(a) How many nanometres are there in 1.0 angstrom?
(b) How many femtometers or fermis (the common unit of length in nuclear physics) are there in 1.0 angstrom?
(c) How many angstroms are there in 1.0 m?
(d) How many angstroms are there in 1.0 light-year (See problem 19)?
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