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The respective number of significant figures for the numbers 23.023, 0.0003 and 2.1xx10^(-3) are :

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`4,4,2`
`5,1,2`
`5,1,5`
`5,5,2.`

SOLUTION :Here `23.023` has `5` significant digits ( EMBEDDED zero are significant)
`0.0003` only `1` significant digit. [ zero after decimal is INSIGNIFICANT if there is not NON - zero digit before decimal place ]
`2.1xx10^(-3)` only `2` significant digits.
Hence correct choice is `(b)`.


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