What is the correct number of significant figures, when rounded, to 208.70?

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What is the correct number of significant figures, when rounded, to 208.70?

2007-09-04 07:49:17 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics

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Do you mean that this has been rounded correctly to "2" significant digits?

What is the mathematical equation that this number resulted from? That's how you determine significant digits.

2007-09-04 07:57:24 · answer #1 · answered by bedbye 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋

208.70 is 5 significant digits.

2007-09-04 08:34:34 · answer #2 · answered by stylez-M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Your degree of accuracy is 2 decimal places:

2007-09-04 07:54:48 · answer #3 · answered by JUAN FRAN$$$ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

5

you count end zeroes after a decimal

2007-09-04 07:53:05 · answer #4 · answered by civil_av8r 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋