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Write 68.19 to one significant figure

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Answer:

70...............................

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User SFrejofsky
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Answer: 70

Reason:

The left-most digit is the most significant when it comes to rounding. We bump the 6 up to 7 since 68 is closer to 70 (compared to 60). The other digits turn to 0 and become insignificant.

Do not write any of the following:

  • 70.
  • 70.0
  • 70.00

because that would mean we would have 2, 3, and 4 sig figs respectively. We simply write 70 without a decimal point.

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