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Chemistry
Secondary 5 • April 7, 2023
image.pngWhy is this 70 cm with sig figs? I thought it was supposed to be 73 cm... can someone help explain?

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April 7, 2023
Hi !
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So let us put them in meters first. You will then have the operation as follow :
7,5m6,774m=0,726m=0,7m 7,5m-6,774m=0,726m=0,7m
You can see now that the answer must have only one significant figure.
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