Question

A bike travels 35.896 meters in 6.25 seconds. The average speed is then calculated.

How many significant figures should be in the resulting calculation?

Answer 1

3 significant figures.

Helpful tip for sig figs: Your answer can only be as accurate as your least accurate measurement

Answer 2

The average speed is 5.74 m/s.

The resulting calculation should be to 3 significant figures.

Step-by-step explanation:

Significant figures of measurement express the accuracy of that measurement, and it depends on the least count of the measured value. For this question, writing the resulting calculation to 3 significant figures makes it more accurate.