4.6 x 105 How many significant figures?

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Anand Rajasekar asked Apr 15, 2022

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4.6 x 105
How many significant figures?

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4.6 has two figures. The 10^5 tells us only that it is a very large number, but adds nothing that tells us the number was any more accurately measured than what was provided in the 4.6

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