A cube has a side of length 1.2 x 10-2.Calculate its volume

Volume of cube = =l3=1⋅2×10−23=1⋅728×10−6m3Minimum number of significant figures in 1.2 x 102 is two and hence in the product the significant figures should be two.Hence, the volume of cube is 1.7 x 10- 6 m3.