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Sig Figs: 10.00cm, 16.38cm, 29.10cm to 2 Decimal Places
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[QUOTE="Cutter Ketch, post: 6275954, member: 515910"] We can have a different discussion about whether your measurement really was precise enough to write four significant figures. Taking that as a given, when you convert your data, it should retain the same number of significant digits as it had in the original unit. 29.10 cm becomes 0.2910 m both of which have four significant digits. After all, you didn’t lose any information just changing units. This can be tricky going the other way. For example 2.00 m becomes 200 cm, but those zeros are significant. You must show that they aren’t just place holders and also count them as significant digits in subsequent calculations. You show that they are significant by putting a bar over the last significant zero. [/QUOTE]
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Sig Figs: 10.00cm, 16.38cm, 29.10cm to 2 Decimal Places
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