Question

Round 38562.7 to 1 significant figure

Answer 1

= 488000
(real number)

= 4.88 × 105
(scientific notation)

= 4.88e5


maybe this will help ?

Answer 2

to round it to 1 significant figure there needs to be only 1 figure that is above 1 the rest must be zero so the answer is 40000