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1.1 Chemistry: The Central Science

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1.9 Measurement and Significant Figures<br />

• Every experimental<br />

measurement has a degree<br />

of uncertainty.<br />

• <strong>The</strong> value recorded should<br />

use all the digits known<br />

with certainty, plus one<br />

estimated digit.<br />

• Significant figures—<strong>The</strong><br />

number of meaningful<br />

digits used to express a<br />

value.

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