College Algebra 7th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1305115546
ISBN 13: 978-1-30511-554-5

Appendix A - Calculations and Significant Figures - A. Exercises - Page 692: 1

Answer

3.09

Work Step by Step

If we subtract 0.1834 from 3.27, then we actually get 3.0866. Because this is a subtraction problem, we need to express the answer rounded off to the decimal place in which the least-accurate number in the problem has its decimal place. Because the least-accurate number in the problem is 3.27, we have two decimal places, so we have to round the answer to the nearest hundredth (the same number of decimal places as the least-accurate number in the original problem). Therefore, we round the answer to 3.09, which has two decimal places.
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