Calculate the volume of a container that is 8.9 centimeters long, 5.2 centimeters wide, and 2.55 cm tall. Choose an appropriate number of digits for your answer based on the precision of the data supplied. (volume = length ´ width ´ height)

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anonymous · Answer

Well it should be that it has 2 significant figures because of 5.2cm. The resulting answer should be 120cm^3 but Im hoping someone will double check it (;

nincompoop · Answer

your significant figure should follow the least significant figures of all the three given values. 
118.014 cm^3
you need two significant figures which means it would require for you to round off on the tens unit, that is on the second 1 
120 has two significant figures, but it can be further presented with better precision by indicating  1.2 x 10^2 cm^3

anonymous · Answer

Awesome!