What Answer Should Be Reported, with the Correct Number of Significant

question 34

Multiple Choice

What answer should be reported, with the correct number of significant figures, for the following calculation?
100.0 g × 4.18 J g^-1 °C^-1 × (26.4 °C - 25.5 °C)

• A)3 × 10² J
• B)3.8 × 10² J
• C)376 J
• D)376.2 J
• E)376.20 J

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Definitions:

Compounded Monthly

This involves determining the interest amount by considering the initial principal and the interest it has generated in preceding months, with calculations made monthly.

Month-end Withdrawals

Financial transactions where funds are taken out of an account at the end of the month.

Ordinary Annuity

Regular equivalent deposits made upon the completion of each period over a specified span.

Compounded Monthly

Interest calculation method where the interest is added back to the principal each month, leading to an increase in the interest earned in subsequent periods.