The sides of a rectangle are 6.01 meters and 12 meters. Taking the significant figures into account, what is the area of the rectangle?

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anonymous · Answer

Area of a rectangle is A=wl, so you have 6.01*12=72.12

anonymous · Answer

You have three signficant figures in 6.01 and two significant figures in 12

anonymous · Answer

thanks so much

anonymous · Answer

If you search 'area of a rectangle formula' on google it will actually let you input the info and it does the problem for you

anonymous · Answer

thats awsome what do you mean signifcant figures btw

anonymous · Answer

Significant figures are essentially however many numbers are in the problem. However you only count zeroes if they come after the decimal point. I'm not great with significant figures though.

anonymous · Answer

Since there are only three significant figures at max you would round to 72.1