Hon Chemistry 8-27-12 Accuracy, Precision, & Intro to Significant Figures

HON CHEMISTRY – So which is more important, accuracy or precision? Good question! Here’s the lecture from Monday on just that. Don’t lose that percent error formula – you’ll use it all year!

And then, drum roll please, just what you’ve been waiting for – your first intro into significant figures! Go on, be happy!!


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    • Andrea – I double checked and found that in this new edition of the book there are only answers to some of the practice problems within the chapter. They are in the back of the book on the purple reference pages – starting around R119.

  1. Sig figs were always pretty easy, so I’m looking forward to this lesson! Also, if you have, say, 0.15 L and you need to round it to one significant figure, would you start at the zero or the one? I’m pretty sure it’s one, but I’m not positive.

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