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Select the answer with the correct number of significant figures for each calculation. 31.580 + 4.26 = 35.8 35.84 35.840

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Answer:

35.84

Step-by-step explanation:

Next one is 1.0243

User AgentBilly
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The answer is 35.84

When adding using significant figures, you round the answer to the the number of decimal places of the lower-decimal number.
In this case, 4.26 has the lower number of decimal places (hundredths), so we round to hundredths.
User Abhinav Chauhan
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