General Chemistry: Atoms First
2nd Edition
ISBN: 9780321809261
Author: John E. McMurry, Robert C. Fay
Publisher: Prentice Hall
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Chapter A.2, Problem A.3P
Use a calculator to evaluate the following expressions and round each result to the correct number of significant figures:
- (a) log 705
- (b) ln (3.4 × 10–6)
- (c) antilog (–2.56)
- (d) antiln 8.1
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