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E Word mellem with addition et subtraction of 2 decimals Abdulu put 1253 gallons of fuel to cart There were 6.9 gallions in the car to begin with How much fuel is in Abdul's car now? 2​

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We saw in the last video that when you multiply or you divide numbers, or (I guess I should say when you multiply or divide measurements) your result can only have as many significant digits as the thing with the smallest significant digits you ended up multiplying and dividing. So just as a quick example, if I have 2.00 times (I don't know) 3.5 my answer over here can only have 2 significant digits This has 2 significant digits, this has 3. 2 times 3.5 is 7, and we can get

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