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How many significant figures will there be in answer to the following problem?6.783 - 2.56 =

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We need to make the substraction:


6.783-2.56

We do that as follows:

The number of significant figures in how many numbers we have in the answer, in this case the answer has 4 numbers, thus it has 4 significant figures.

How many significant figures will there be in answer to the following problem?6.783 - 2.56 =-example-1
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