The time taken by a vehicle to go from one station to the other is 100 seconds. It is recorded with a stop watch having least count of 1 second…

Q: The time taken by a vehicle to go from one station to the other is 100 seconds. It is recorded with a stop watch having least count of 1 second. How many significant figures are there in t = 100 s?

(a) 2

(b) 1

(c) 3

(d) 4

Ans: (c)

In t= 100 s , the Number of significant figures is 3 , because during measurement every second is significant .