'Many sig figs' presentation slideshows

1.1 ASTRONOMICAL MEASUREMENTS

1.1 ASTRONOMICAL MEASUREMENTS. Where Are You?. To find our place among the stars, we will zoom out from a familiar scene, to the largest scales of the universe. Each picture will widen your field of view , the region you can see in the image, by about a factor of 100.

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Significant Figures

Significant Figures. Accuracy in Measurements. When you make a measurement in a laboratory, there is always some uncertainty that comes with that measurement. By reporting the number with a particular number of digits, you show how accurate your measurement was.

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SI units and sig figs

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SI units and sig figs

SI units and sig figs. SI (systeme internationale). Precision: to describe how well a group of measurements made of the same object or event under the same conditions actually do agree with one another. These points are precise with one another but not accurate.

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