Question: Significant digit
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Nov 12, 2008, 07:30 AM
I think you are including too many digits in some of your answers . For example:

234.6 + 89*6.8 has only 2 significant digits. But your answer (840) has 3. I would rewrite using scientific notation, like this:

8.4 x 10^2

This way it's clear that there are only 2 significant digits ( 8 and 4)
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