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Question from Pat: The directions for a problem are: "Solve the problem, expressing your answer using the correct number of significant figures." Problem Is the correct number of significant figures the number below? Pat |
Hi Pat,
There is a nice explanation of significant digits on a page in the department of physics at the University of Guelph, in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. According to the information on that page 0.0043 has 2 significant digits and 2.04 has 3 significant digits. How many significant digits are there in $\large \frac{0.0043}{2.04}\normalsize?$ What is the result of this division to the correct number of significant digits?
Penny
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