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    Significant Digits: Estimating Next Digit

    Homework Statement Suppose you conduct an experiment in which you find a certain measurement to be 0.1mm. We have already discussed in class that this number contains 1 significant digit (the "1" to the right of the decimal), but how many times would you have to conduct the experiment in order...
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    2 questions: dimensions and watts

    Thanks for all your help tiny-tim! I look forward to getting more help from you in the future; you really explain things well! :approve:
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    2 questions: dimensions and watts

    Thanks again for your help tiny-tim! I'm still stuck on the transistor question - I just don't understand what I'm doing wrong yet. I understand that the area that the transistors are on does not change with time. So in the first 18 months there are twice as many transistors as before per the...
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    2 questions: dimensions and watts

    Thanks tiny-tim for the quick reply! For the varnish, would the factor be 6*6 because surface area deals with units in terms of squares (i.e. centimeter squared)? So the number of cans needed would be 36? For the transistor problem, the only other thing I can think of right now is that I'm...
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    2 questions: dimensions and watts

    Homework Statement Hello, I am having some trouble with the two questions below: 1) The University of Maryland's mascot is a terrapin (a snapping turtle). It is represented on campus by a bronze statue in front of the library named Testudo. Unfortunately, students rub his nose for luck on...
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