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OpenStudy (anonymous):

How many significant figures are there in the following problem 839.14 ?

OpenStudy (julian.pitalua):

5 sig figs. All numbers that are different than 0, are significant.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

All digits contributing to the precision of a value are significant. So all of the above digits are significant. In the case of 839.140, zero would be an insignificant figure as it is located after the last significant digit.

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