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**George Hammond**

On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 05:15:38 +0000 (UTC),
(Michael Moroney) wrote:

If a physicist making measurements writes down the following figures as
lab measurements, how many significant figures are in each number, and
why?

12
[GH] 2 significant figures
13
[GH] 2 significant figures
0.000876
[GH] 3 significant figures
1.000876
[GH] 7 significant figures
120
[GH] 2 significant figures
120.
[GH] 2 significant figures
469.230
[GH] 5 significant figures

[GH] Why? Because I've got 2 significant college degrees
in Physics from accredited Universities in Massachusetts.

[Michael Moroney]
Congratulations. Only two wrong. 71%, a D. I guess if you did better in
your other courses you won't flunk out.

[Hammond]
Bull****....all 7 of my answers are CORRECT. 100%="A+".
You're the moron who doesn't know what a "significant
figure" is? Get the f--- outta here.
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