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The number of significant figures in 105...

The number of significant figures in 10500 are

A

Three

B

Four

C

Five

D

Can be any of these

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D
The number 10500 endsin zeros but these zeros are not to the right of a decimal point. These zeros may or not be significant. It depends how it is expressed i.e. as `1.5xx10^(4) or 1.050xx10^(4) or 1.0500xx10^(4)` which have significant figures 3, 4 and 5 respectively.
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