Assertion : Scientific notation for the number 100 is expressed as $1 imes 10^{2}$.\ Reason : The

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Assertion : Scientific notation for the number 100 is expressed as $1 	imes 10^{2}$.\ Reason : The number $1 	imes 10^{2}$ has two significant figures.

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(c): The terminal zeros are not significant if there is no decimal point. Hence, the number $1 	imes 10^{2}$ has only one significant figure.