express the answer in scientific notation with the correct number of significant figures
(8.86+1.0*10^-3) / 3.610*10^-3
2454.57???
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4 answers
3,o00032
please explain that
Goodness. The numberator reduceds to 8.86, you cannot add .001 to that, because the thousandths position in 8.86 is not signficant. Then dividing 8.86 by 3.610E-3 does not make more than three signficant digits (the numerator is only three). Ans: 2.45E3
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