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Question

What is the relationship between the number of significant figures in a number and the digits in the mantissa of its logarithmic form?

Accepted Answer

The number of significant figures in the original number equals the number of digits in the mantissa.

Answer

The number of significant figures in the original number is one less than the number of digits in the mantissa.

Answer

The number of significant figures in the original number is unrelated to the number of digits in the mantissa.

Answer

The number of significant figures in the original number is double the number of digits in the mantissa.