Carry out the following arithmetic operations. (Give your answers to the correct number of significant figures.) (a) the sum of the measured values 756, 37.2, 0.83, and 2 (b) the product 0.003 2 × 356.3 (c) the product 5.620 x 1

Carry out the following arithmetic operations. (Give your answers to the correct number of significant figures.) (a) the sum of the measured values 756, 37.2, 0.83, and 2 (b) the product 0.003 2 × 356.3 (c) the product 5.620 x 1

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(a) the sum of the measured values 756, 37.2, 0.83, and 2
(b) the product 0.003 2 × 356.3
(c) the product 5.620 x 1

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