Round 38562.7 to 1 significant figure

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= 488000
(real number)

= 4.88 × 105
(scientific notation)

= 4.88e5

maybe this will help ?

Mswientek answered Dec 28, 2018

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to round it to 1 significant figure there needs to be only 1 figure that is above 1 the rest must be zero so the answer is 40000

Arpit Dongre answered Dec 31, 2018