Question

What is 62.125 kg rounded to two significant figures?

Answer 1

For this case we have qeu by definition, the significant figures are the digits that indicate the accuracy of a measurement.

• Any digit other than zero is significant

• The leading zeros are never significant (be they in the whole or decimal part)

• Intermediate zeros are significant.

So, if we have:

62,125 kg and we round it to two significant figures we have:

62.13

62.1

62

Answer:

62 kg