Calculating Significant Figures: 43.49 cm to Meters

[Shay10825]

If I measured something to be 43.49 centimeters with a meter stick and I wanted to convert that into meters, would it become 0.4349 cm or 0.43 cm??

Thanks

 

[andrewchang]

keep the same number of sig figs

 

[Shay10825]

keep the same number of sig figs

So it would be 0.4349 cm because 0.4349 cm and 43.49 m have 4 sig figs?

 

[Lou1024]

So it would be 0.4349 cm because 0.4349 cm and 43.49 m have 4 sig figs?

I believe you must keep the same number of significant figures. So yes, it would be 4349.

 

[Shay10825]

ok thanks