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Given the following data in the table, calculate the density to the correct number of significant figures.
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So here is the data that we are given.
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We are given a measure of volume in milliliters, which is going to be in column one, and the mass in column two.
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The densities that we're going to be calculating is going to have units of grams per milliliter.
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So since our density is going to be in grams per milliliter, all we're going to need to do is take the mass, which is going to be in grams, and divide it by the volume, which is in milliliters.
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So since we have five measurements, let's label these a, b, c, d, and e.
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So for a, the mass is 14 .082.
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The volume is 14 .87.
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So this is in grams per milliliter.
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So when we divide it, it becomes 0 .947007.
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We have to put this into correct significant figures.
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Going to go down to four six figs since that is the smallest number that we have.
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So this becomes 0 .9 470 grams per milliliter.
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B is 11 .469 grams divided by 12 .05 milliliters, which is 0 .9 we have to go to four significant figures again.
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So that becomes 0 .9518, because we have to round this one up, since we have an eight there, and the units are grams per millimeter.
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C is 8 .687...