January 11th, 2009, 01:06 PM
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Originally Posted by jm16  can someone tell me what the following are to 3 significant figures much appreciated
852.27 ... 852
35.987 ... 36.0
0.06721 ... 0.0672
| most important rule from the link I gave you previously ...
... write the number in scientific notation. If you must get rid of the zeroes, then they are NOT significant. |