A patient is given 5.00 mL of a medication that contains 0.0012 g of active ingredient per mL.To determine the amount of active ingredient administered, the product of the two numbers is calculated (5.00 mL × 0.0012 g/mL).Using significant figures, what is this product?
A) 0.006 g
B) 0.0060 g
C) 0.00600 g
D) 6.00 g
E) 0 g

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The product of 5.00 mL and 0.0012 g/mL is 0.0060 g. The number 5.00 has three significant figures, and 0.0012 has two significant figures, so the result should be reported with the lesser number of significant figures, which is two.

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