Questions tagged [erratum]

For questions that deal with possible errors in a specific statement of a specified book, article, website, etc. These questions should always include a complete reference (see tag wiki for format).

For questions that deal with possible errors in a specific statement of a specified book, article, website, etc. These questions should always include a complete reference in this specified format:

  • Author(s), Initial(s): Year of publication, Title, Edition, Publisher, Place of Publication. (ISBN, URL if available) Add page number, table/figure/scheme accordingly

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Does S use its p-orbitals for bonding?

This question was inspired from the following questioN: I thought the answer would be either A (maybe accounting for larger sizes?) or B (Bent's rule) but apparently the answer is D. Can someone explain why this is so? This question is #54 on the…
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How many significant numbers(figures) are in repeating decimal (105-32)×5/9=40.5555...?

Source: Basic Chemistry, Steven S. Zumdahl, Donald J. DeCoste Referring to the above, rule it seems $(105-32)\times\frac{5}{9}=40.5555\ldots$ has infinitely many significant figures. Am I correct?
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