LL: 1mix(52804t/mi)» (12 in/t)x (2.54cmn/in.)» (1 km/10" om)=1.61km Although rounded to three figures, this conversion is exact because the given conversion from inches to centimeters defines the inch. lin) x |} =28.9in3, 2.34en 1.3: The time required for light to travel any distance in a vacuum is the distance divided by the speed of light; 10*m = 3.33110 = 3.33 x10 ns. 3.00 x 10° m/s 3 1k 100 La: 113 a. B |,( em) 1 1310'S em “10008)"( 1m m 15: (327 in*)x(2.54om/in)? x (1L/1000cm? )= 536L. be ine mon Lpal_) (128 02.) [I bottle" 6: 1m x x x * im) (3.7887 )° gal)” (1602. = 2111.9boittles + 2112 bottles ‘The daily consumption must then be arr x19> bottles ,(__Iyt__) _ 5 4g bottles: yt (365.24 da da 1.7: (1450 mi/hr)x (1.61 km/mi)= 2330 km/hr. 233Okmn/be x (10° m/kmn)x (1 br/3600s) = 648 m/s. y 1.8: 180,000 utlonss ,f_Imile_) 1 fortnight), (1 day | _ gq mu formight | 8 furlongs day )~\24b b 19: 150 (4) 3.7881 | _ 3530 1.609 km gal 1gal11: 1.12: 1.13: 11S: a) (oz) Ih pze0 8 j-gg ft br / (3600s Imi 8 b) 3a ft 30.48cm im sgh s! 1ft 100cm. 3? 3 {102 (1odem Ike) _ 193 kB om) 1m } (1000g mt The density is mass per unit volume, so the volume is mass divided by density. ¥ = (60105 g)/(19.5g/cm')— 3077 cm? Use the formula for the volume of a sphere, ¥ = tm", to calculate r:r = (3¥/42)* = 9.0em (3.1610 s— 1x10" s)/(3.16%10" s)x100 = 0.58% — 10m 1.1 2107%, 390%10° m b) Since the distance was given as 890 km, the total distance should be $90,000 meters. To report the total distance as 890,010 meters, the distance should be given as 890.01 km. a) (12 mm) (5.98 mm) = 72 mm? (two significant figures). b)42 = 0.50 (also two significant figures). c) 36mm (to the nearest millimeter). d) 6mm. 2) 2.0. a) Ifa meter stick can measure to the nearest millimeter, the error will be about. 0.13%. b) If the chemical balance can measure to the nearest milligram, the error will beabout 8.3%107%. c) Ifa handheld stopwaich (as opposed to electric timing devices) can measure to the nearest tenth of a second, the error will be about 2.8 10%. 1.16: The area is 9.69 + 0.07 cm’, where the extreme values in the piece’s length and width are used to find the uncertainty in the area. The fractional uncertainty in the area is Soren = 0.72%, and the fractional uncertainties in the length and width are 9oten = 9.20% and S482 = 0.53%, 5.10 1.17: a) The average volume is 2 Stent! (0080cm)= 28cm) (two significant figures) and the uncertainty in the volume, found from the extreme values of the diameter and thickness, is about. 0.30m*, and so the volume of a cookie is 2.8+ 0.3cm?, (This method does not use the usual form for progation of errors, which is not addressed in the text. ‘The fractional uncertainty in the thickness is so much prealer ian the Cactionzll wuceruainty in uke diameter dat ute fractional uncerwainty im We volume is 10% , reflected in the above answer.) b) $2 =170+ 20. 1.18: (Number of cars x miles/carday)mi/gal = gallons/day (2 «10° cars x 10000 mi/yt/car x 1 y1/365 days)/(20 mi/gal) = 2.75 x 10° gaV/day 1.19: Ten thousand; if it were to contain ten million, each sheet would be on the order of a millionth of an inch thick. 1.20: If it takes about four kernels to fill 1 cm’, a 2-L bottle will hold about 8000 kemels. 1.21: Assuming the bvo-volume edition, there are approximately a thousand pages, and each page has between 500 and a thousand words (counting captions and the smaller print, such as the end-of-chapter exercise and problems), so an estimate for the number of words is about 10°.