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How many significant figures are in the following number?
5.67 x 106
3
6
4

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The answer would be 3 because every number other than 0 is significant. 0 is significant if it is sandwiched between other numbers like 0.50078 (5 sig figs) or if it’s at the end of a decimal 0.450 (3 sig figs)
another practice example would be 0.00456 (3 sigfigs)
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