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A student has measured the length of a wire equal to 0.04580 m. this value of length has the number of significant figures equal to

A

five

B

four

C

six

D

none of these

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B
The number of significant figures in 0.04580 is 4 (zero on right having decimal place are counted. In number less than 1, zeroes on let of first non zero-digit are not significant.)
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