23.9.10

SCIENTIFIC NOTATION AND SIGNIFCANT DIGITS: September 23, 2010

Today we learned that Accuracy and Precision is very important in Science!
Calculators are not smart enough to decide what is precise and what isnt so dont follow them!
  • Scientists have established a set of rules for rounding off extra digits; You MUST follow them if you want to exceed!
Note: CONSTANTS (pie, etc) have infinite Significant Digits! Pretty cool huh?
We also learned about Scientific Notations:



Post by Ren Flores

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