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The number of decimal places in the product will be sum of the factor"s decimal place.So the product will have 1,2,3 or 4 decimal places.

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Answer:


0.47 \to 2\ digits


3.2 \to 1\ digit


Product \to 3\ digits

Explanation:

Given


0.47 * 3.2 =

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Required

The number of decimal places

To do this, we simply calculate the number of digits after the decimal points


0.47 \to 2\ digits


3.2 \to 1\ digit

The product is the sum of the digits above 2 + 1 = 3

Hence:


Product \to 3\ digits

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