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How many significant figures will the answer to the following problem have?You do not have to solve the problem.8.82-3.4

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The number of significant figures in the final answer will be based on the least significant figures used to arrive to that final answer. In the question, the number that has least significant figure is 3.4. Therefore, two significant figures.

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