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A meter stick flies past you, moving in the direction of its length. You measure the length of the meter stick to be only 85.0 cm. How fast is the meter sick moving? State your answer as a fraction of the speed of light, c.

A meter stick flies past you, moving in the direction of its length. You measure the length of the meter stick to be only 85.0 cm. How fast is the meter sick moving? State your answer as a fraction of the speed of light, c.

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A meter stick flies past you, moving in the direction of its length. You measure the length of the meter stick to be only 85.0 cm. How fast is the meter sick moving? State your answer as a fraction of the speed of light, c.

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The typical grading tolerance in Mastering is 2-3%, although this value may vary (e.g. more lenient) depending on the particular problem. A number line is marked at 100, 105, and 110, where 105 is the properly-rounded answer. A green shaded region extends beyond 105 by 2 percent of this value in each direction. Significant Figures While Mastering does not directly grade your answer based on the number of significant figures it contains, the tolerance mentioned above is centered around the properly-rounded answer (as opposed to the full-precision answer). In some problems you will be explicitly told how many significant figures your answer should contain. You may find that entering extra significant figures than required often causes your answer to still fall within the accepted tolerance and thus graded as correct. However, there are problems where not rounding properly may cause your answer to fall outside the accepted tolerance, so it's important to follow the general rules for significant figures, as the following example illustrates. Suppose you are asked to find the area of a rectangle that is 3.1 cm wide and 4.4 cm long. The full-precision answer from your calculator would be 13.64 cm2, although given the rules for significant figures, this answer should be rounded to two significant figures before being entered, or 14 cm2. If you were to enter 13.64 cm2, it would not be graded as correct since this value falls outside the 2% tolerance of the properly-rounded answer of 14 cm2. Instead, you would receive feedback from Mastering telling you to check the rounding of your final answer, although you would not be deducted any points. Part A What is the area of a rectangle that is 3.1 cm wide and 4.4 cm long? 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