We round off calculated numbers because there are fewer significant figures in the measured numbers, than there are digits that appear in your calculator display: If the first number to be dropped is 5 or greater, what should you do? just add a bunch of zeros and you will be fine it and all following numbers are retained the numbers are dropped and the value of the last retained digit is increased by 1 it and all following numbers are dropped
We round off calculated numbers because there are fewer significant figures in the measured numbers, than there are digits that appear in your calculator display: If the first number to be dropped is 5 or greater, what should you do? just add a bunch of zeros and you will be fine it and all following numbers are retained the numbers are dropped and the value of the last retained digit is increased by 1 it and all following numbers are dropped
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![We round off calculated numbers because there are fewer significant figures in the
measured numbers, than there are digits that appear in your calculator display: If the
first number to be dropped is 5 or greater, what should you do?
just add a bunch of zeros and you will be fine
it and all following numbers are retained
the numbers are dropped and the value of the last retained digit is increased by
1
it and all following numbers are dropped](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Fc883a1f2-2234-4666-8852-187aac121664%2F60ffceb2-ff33-425e-a352-023763c59cca%2Fr6n14a_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:We round off calculated numbers because there are fewer significant figures in the
measured numbers, than there are digits that appear in your calculator display: If the
first number to be dropped is 5 or greater, what should you do?
just add a bunch of zeros and you will be fine
it and all following numbers are retained
the numbers are dropped and the value of the last retained digit is increased by
1
it and all following numbers are dropped
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