Question

How many significant figures should the following answer have? (23.34 cm)(90076 cm)(2.1223 cm) = cm

Answer 1

4 - due to being a multiplication problem the answer goes to the least amount of Sig Figs given in a previous number.

Answer 2

Answer : The number of significant figures are, four (4).

Explanation :

The rule apply for the multiplication and division is :

The least number of significant figures in any number of the problem determines the number of significant figures in the answer.

As we are given :

`(23.34cm)* (90076cm)* (2.1223cm)`

`\Rightarrow 4462000cm^3`

In this problem, the least number of significant figures is 4.

So, the correct answer is,
`4.462* 10^(6)cm^3`

Hence, the number of significant figures are, four (4).