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Perform the followingmathematical operation, andreport the answer to thecorrect number of significantfigures.

Perform the followingmathematical operation, andreport the answer to thecorrect number-example-1
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To find out how many significant numbers there are in a number we can rely on a few rules:

1. Non-zero digits are always significant

2. Any zeros between non-zero digits are significant

3. Final zeros or trailing zeros are significant if they come after the non-zero numbers in a decimal number situation

Example: .500 and .632000

In this question, we have:

0.0016/0.849 = 0.0019, this is the correct value with the correct number of significant figures

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