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Question 1
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Open Hint for Question 1 in a new window.		 The coulomb is the unit for charge.
   
 
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Question 2
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Open Hint for Question 2 in a new window.		 Only electrical quantities have symbols associated with them.
   
 
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Question 3
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Open Hint for Question 3 in a new window.		 The number 560,000 is expressed in scientific notation.
   
 
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Question 4
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Open Hint for Question 4 in a new window.		 Subtracting 18 × 102 from 480 × 101 results in 30 × 102.
   
 
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Question 5
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Open Hint for Question 5 in a new window.		 Multiplying 5 × 106 by 4 × 103 results in 20 × 1018.
   
 
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Question 6
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Open Hint for Question 6 in a new window.		 The metric prefix giga is used to represent one billion.
   
 
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Question 7
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Open Hint for Question 7 in a new window.		 4200 W is the same as 4.2 kW.
   
 
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Question 8
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Open Hint for Question 8 in a new window.		 0.00015 V can be expressed in powers of ten as 1.5 × 10–4 V.
   
 
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Question 9
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Open Hint for Question 9 in a new window.		 Precision refers to the difference between the measured value and the accepted value.
   
 
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Question 10
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Open Hint for Question 10 in a new window.		 The number 24.5, rounded to two significant digits, is 25.
   
 
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Question 11
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Open Hint for Question 11 in a new window.		 Voltage, not current, determines the severity of an electrical shock.
   
 
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