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Ifa circular piece of tin has a mea- Sured radius of 2.6 cm, tihen what is its circumference ?

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Solution :r=26 CM
Circumferece of circular disc = 2pir
`=2xx3.1428xx2.6`
Here 2.6 has only 2 SIGNIFICANT digits. Hence in the above multiplication `pi` value should be written with 2+1 =3 significant figures. `pi = 3.1428 =3.14 `
Circumference =`2xx3.14xx2.6`
=16.328
This is to be ROUNDED off to 2 significant digits. Circumference is 16cm.


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