Question

How many significant figures are present in addition of 9.8 and 15.298?

Answer 1

Hi ,

9.8
+15.298
_________
25.098
_________

The number of significant places in our

answer should be 1 , since the operand

with the least decimal places is 9.8 , and

this has 1 decimal place .

We should therefore round the result to

1 decimal place .

9.8
+15.298
________
25.1
________

I hope this helps you.

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