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Significant Figures
That depends on your goals AND on your measuring capabilities.
The answer depends on whether you are measuring the drops from a slow drip or the number of drops of water in an ocean!
20.2 has three significant figures.
5 significant figures.
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Significant Figures
That depends on your goals AND on your measuring capabilities.
No, the units are independent of the accuracy. If you are measuring volume, how accurate the measurement is (or isn't) will not affect what you are measuring - it will always be volume.
The answer depends on whether you are measuring the drops from a slow drip or the number of drops of water in an ocean!
The degree of accuracy of the measuring instrument.
4 significant figures.
There are 3 significant figures in 94.2.
There are 4 significant figures in 0.0032. Seems to be only 2 significant figures in this number.
There are four significant figures in 0.1111.
20.2 has three significant figures.