Chemistry for Engineering Students
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Author: Lawrence S. Brown, Tom Holme
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 1, Problem 1.50PAE
Interpretation Introduction
Interpretation:
To calculate cost of one apple when the bag of 1.00-kg containing 8 apples costs $ 1.48 and mass of apple that costs $ 1.00.
Concept introduction:
- Significant figures are required when performing math operations
- Use sig. fig rules for multiplication
- Calculations between SI systems are always exact values.
Given:
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Chapter 1 Solutions
Chemistry for Engineering Students
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