How do the significant figures in a measurement affect the significant figures in a calculation?

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Mckinley Townsend

27 February, 14:44

How do the significant figures in a measurement affect the significant figures in a calculation?

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Joy Holloway · Answer 1

The digits which are reliable and first uncertain digit is called significant figure.

In any measurement, if the significant figure is more than the accuracy of the measurement is also more.

If there are some numbers in a calculations and they having different numbers of significant figures, then in the final result the number of significant figures is the least number of significant figures which are in the individual number.