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Offline lxxxphysixxxl

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What is the number of sginificant figures allowed in paper 2 physics?
« on: June 08, 2010, 06:59:45 pm »
i dont know how to get the right answer. When you get an answer how many significant figures should i make it?


this is for CIE physics please.
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Re: What is the number of sginificant figures allowed in paper 2 physics?
« Reply #1 on: June 08, 2010, 07:18:54 pm »
if your going to use your answer again in a coming part of the question then its best to use it as a 5 S.F in the working out of that second part. but in the question itself (the first part) it's usually either 2 or 3 S.F, does not matter.
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