I’m ashamed to be a senior majoring in math and I still haven’t grasped the concept of amusing significant digits! I seriously need it explained to me like I’m a child.
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Simple explanation: write in terms of scientific notation, sig figs are the number of digits you use in the number (ignore the 10 to the power of some integer). Multiply it out and include the 0’s accordingly.
Example: 2 sig figs. 1.0×10^(-3) = 0.0010
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