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Number of significant figures in 0.0173 are

[A].	three	[B].	four
[C].	five	[D].	two

Answer: Option A

maira said:

is left side zero is not significant

BabarAyub said:

All the zeros that locate after the decimal point in a number(less than one) are not significant.. but if the the number is greater than one then the zeros located just after decimal point will be counted as significant i.e: 89.000 it has five significant figures...