Significant Figures Tell me what's wrong. When adding and subtracting, you line up decimal and look for the least decimal places. 0.87 4.061 +10.4 -------------- 15.331 My answer is 15 but teacher said

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Significant Figures

Tell me what's wrong. When adding and subtracting, you line up decimal and look for the least decimal places.
0.87
4.061
+10.4
--------------
15.331
My answer is 15 but teacher said I'm wrong

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You show the work right but your addition was wrong
4.061
+10.4
————
14.461

Jordash answered Jan 20, 2021

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