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Antoneisha03:

How many significant figures will there be in the answer to the following problem? You do not have to solve the problem. 8.8462-3.745 =

ItzAgar:

That's what you get.

ItzAgar:

:)

ItzAgar:

mb 5.1012

Vocaloid:

Please be mindful that it is not asking for the solution. It is asking how many significant figures are in the solution. For subtraction, you go by the # that has the smallest # of decimal places. So for this problem, 3.745 has 3 decimal places and 8.8462 has 4 decimal places.

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