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how many significant figures should be the product 62.25 x 37.4 have
a 2
b 3
c 4
d 7

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mm98
3...with multiplication sig figs in the answer haveto match the number of sig figs of whichever variable has the least number of sig gifs in the question (i.e. since 62.25 has 4 sig figs and 37.4 has only 3, your answer should have 3 sig figs)

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Answer

significant figures 3.

Explanation

The first thing is to multiply the numbers.

62.25 x 37.4 = 2,328.150


The answer have 6 significant figures.

The zero(0) on the right is not significant.

The question was asking the number of significant figures the answer could be. They should be 3. This is because the product should have the number of significant figures the least factor has.

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