Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:Perhaps somebody's asked this already, but I can't see it. Suppose I have a square that is 7 feet by 7 feet. I want to calculate the area. I multiply 7 feet by 7 feet and get 49 square feet, but since the lowest number of sig figs in one of my operands is one, my answer can only have one sig fig. This forces my answer to be 50 square feet, and I have now lost precision. Can somebody explain this?