Question

What is 3,482 to two significant figures? 3480,3490,3500,3400

Answer 1

3400 is wright I hope ...

Answer 2

3482 two significant figures

Finding place values -

2 is in units place = 2 x 1 = 2

8 is in Tens place = 8 x 10 = 80

4 is in Hundreds place = 4 x 100 = 400

3 is in Thousands place = 3 x 1000 = 3000

Identifying two significant figures -

3000

400

Taking as 3400

Rounding rules -

If the digit is less than 5 , ignore it

If the digit is more than 5 , add 1 to the before place value

Here , 3482 -

Tens digit is 8 which is more than 5

So add 1 to the before place value which is in Hundreds place.

Hundreds place is 4

So 4 + 1 = 5 , and tens and units digit will become 0.

Hence :

Number will be = 3500.

Hope it helps :)