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Question
What do you understand by the term order of magnitude of a quantity?
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Solution
Order of a magnitude of a quantity: The exponent part of a particular measurement is called the order of magnitude of a quantity.
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The order of magnitude of a given numerical quantity is the nearest power of ten to which its value can be written
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