Q137 / 180 · KCET 2009 · Physics

The number of significant figures in the numbers $4.8000 \times 10^{4}$ and $48000.50$ are respectively

  • A
    5 and 6
  • Correct answer
    B
    5 and 7
  • C
    2 and 7
  • D
    2 and 6

Solution

The number of significant figures in $4.8000 \times 10^{4}$ is 5 (zeros on right after decimal are counted while zeros in powers of 10 are not counted). The number of significant figures in $48000.50$ is 7 (all the zeros between two non-zero digits are significant).

Hence, the correct answer is option: 'B'.

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