If a problem doesnt have constant acceleration

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do any of the normal kinematic equations still hold?
 
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If the acceleration is not constant but variable the equations of motions does not hold good. You have to use calculus for such problems.
 

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I multiplied the values first without the error limit. Got 19.38. rounded it off to 2 significant figures since the given data has 2 significant figures. So = 19. For error I used the above formula. It comes out about 1.48. Now my question is. Should I write the answer as 19±1.5 (rounding 1.48 to 2 significant figures) OR should I write it as 19±1. So in short, should the error have same number of significant figures as the mean value or should it have the same number of decimal places as...
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