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How many significant figures does each of the following quantities have?

(a) 76.600 kJ

(b) 4.502 00 X 103^{3} g

(c ) 3000 nm

(d) 0.003 00 mL

(e) 18 students

(f) 3 X 105^{-5} g

(g) 47.60 mL

(h) 2070 mi

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a. 76.600 kJ76.600 \text{ kJ} has five significant figures (7,6,6,0,0)(7, 6, 6, 0, 0). Based on rule 3, zeros at the end of a number and after the decimal point are always significant.

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