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A square has a side of 6.25 feet. What is the area in square feet? Round to the correct significant digits.

Answer for Blank 1:

39.0625


i have the answer, but what does the significant digits mean??

User Ian Hatch
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The original number has to decimal places .25 so you would round to the 2 places I believe so 39.06
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