State the Number of Significant Digits and the Implied Precision

question 234

Multiple Choice

State the number of significant digits and the implied precision of the given number.
-0.00067 meter

• A)5 significant digits, precise to the nearest 0.00001 meter
• B)2 significant digits, precise to the nearest 0.00001 meter
• C)2 significant digits, precise to the nearest 0.0001 meter
• D)5 significant digits, precise to the nearest 0.0001 meter

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Definitions:

Labor Cost

The total expense incurred by a company for the compensation of its employees.

Machine-Hours

A measure of the amount of time a machine is operated, used in cost accounting to allocate machine-related expenses to products.

Multiple Overhead Rate

A costing method that uses more than one overhead rate to allocate indirect costs to products more accurately.

Plantwide Overhead Rate

A single overhead rate calculated for an entire factory or plant, applied uniformly to all the production units, regardless of the department in which they were produced.