The Second Is Defined to Be the Amount of Time

question 47

Multiple Choice

The second is defined to be the amount of time required for a cesium atom to emit 9,192,631,770 cycles of radio waves. The number of significant digits in the quoted value is

• A) 3.
• B) 6.
• C) 9.
• D) 10.
• E) impossible to identify.

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