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Rabindra Bhattarai - Experiment-1

The purpose of the experiment was to learn how to use a calculator to perform calculations in scientific notation with three significant figures. The document provided examples of basic arithmetic operations, squares and square roots, trigonometric functions, and miscellaneous functions. Calculations included addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, exponents, roots, sin, cos, tan, logarithms, and more. All answers were expressed in scientific notation to three significant figures as required.

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Rabindra Bhattarai - Experiment-1

The purpose of the experiment was to learn how to use a calculator to perform calculations in scientific notation with three significant figures. The document provided examples of basic arithmetic operations, squares and square roots, trigonometric functions, and miscellaneous functions. Calculations included addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, exponents, roots, sin, cos, tan, logarithms, and more. All answers were expressed in scientific notation to three significant figures as required.

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EXPERIMENT 1

CALCULATION IN THE LABORATORY

Purpose: The purpose of this experiment is to learn to use a calculator in order to perform
your calculations in the laboratory.

All answers must be given in scientific notation to three significant figures.

A. Basic arithmetic operations

Problem Answer in Scientific


Notation
1 (5.97)(3.25)= 1.94 × 101

2 (245)(983)= 2.41 × 105

3 (2.93)(6.75)(5.93)= 1.17 × 102

4 7.5/3.8= 1.97 × 100

5 0.05/932= 5.36 × 10-5

6 (9.47)(6.39)/7.42= 8.16 × 100

7 (9.75x105)(2.73x10-8)= 2.66 × 10-2

8 (5.28x103)(3.765x106)(2.4x10- 3.39 × 101


4
)/(9.32)(7.54x102)(2.00x101)=

9 (7.54x102)(4.90x10-4)/(2.50x10-2)(5.90x10-3)= 2.50 × 103


B. Squares and square roots

(3.52)2= 1.24 × 101


1
2 (7.93)2= 6.29 × 101

3 (259)3= 1.74 × 107

4 (754)= 2.75 × 101

5 (92.5)= 9.62 × 100

6 ( (7.52)2+(9.37)2)= 1.20 × 101

7 ( (84.3)2+(23.9)2)= 8.76 × 101

8 ( (3.57)2+(7.29)2)= 8.12 × 100


Trigonometric functions

1 Sin 320= 5.30 × 10-1


2 Sin 1500= 5.00 × 10-1
3 Sin 82.5= 9.91 × 10-1
4  = Sin-1(0.795)= 9.19 × 10-1 Degrees
5  = Sin-1(-0.231)= -2.33 × 10-1 Degrees
6  = Sin-1(-0.47)= -4.89 × 10-1 Degrees
7 Cos 150= 9.66 × 10-1
8 Cos 75.60= 2.49 × 10-1
9 Cos 53.50= 5.95 × 10-1
10  = Cos-1(0.95)= 3.18 × 10-1 Degrees
11  = Cos-1(0.15)= 1.42 × 100 Degrees
12  = Cos-1(0.54)= 1.00 × 100 Degrees
13 Tan 300= 5.77 × 10-1
14 Tan1200= -1.73 × 100
15 Tan550= 1.43 × 100
16 Tan900= Undefined
17  = Tan-1(0.653)= 5.78 × 10-1 Degrees
18  = Tan-1(-0.198)= -1.95 × 10-1 Degrees
19  = Tan-1(3.47)= 1.29 × 100 Degrees
20  = Tan-1(8.25)= 1.45 × 100 Degrees

Miscellaneous functions

1 (2)5 = 3.20 × 101


2 e 1.5 = 4.48 × 100
3 Ln 2 = 6.93 × 10-1
4 Log 2= 3.01 × 10-1
5 (6) 1/8 = 1.25 × 100
6 1/7.54 = 1.33 × 10-1
7 1/0.0254 = 3.94 × 101
8 1/935 = 1.07 × 10-3
9 (3.72)3 = 5.15 × 101
10 (154)3 = 3.65 × 106
11 (7582) 1/3 = 1.96 × 101

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