Question mentioned in the attachment Using your rules from your notebook, explain why 678.02400 has 8 sig figs

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Using your rules from your notebook, explain why 678.02400 has 8 sig figs

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Significant figures seem to be the count of digits in a value or a ratio, that attribute to level of accuracy of that value.

Using the following three rules the count of significant figures in a number can be determined:

The existence of non zero digits is often significant.
Between two significant digits, all zeros are significant.
In a whole number including a decimal, the trailing zeros also seem to be significant.

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