Question

What do you mean by significant figures ?

Answer 1

Non-zero digits are always significant.
Any zeros between two significant digits are significant.
A final zero or trailing zeros in the decimal portion ONLY are significant.

Answer 2

Explanation:

The number of significant figures in a given data is the number of all certain digits plus one uncertain digit. For example, 3.015 has four significant figures.

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