Foraddingorsubtracting,theanswercanonlyshowas many decimal places as the measurement having the fewest number of decimal places,
e.g. 4.7832 + 1.234 + 2.02 = 8.04 (not 8.0372) Sometimes significant figures are lost while performing calculations.
• Formultiplyinganddividing,theanswermayonlyshow as many significant digits as the multiplied or divided measurement showing the least number of significant digits, e.g. 2.8723 1.6 = 4.6 (not 4.59568)
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