I dont know the answer but I've been trying to look up some famous mathematician and its just giving me people who invented science stuff.
sorry for the trouble...
but if your reading this here is a great passage:"the path of glory leads but not to death"When adding and/or subtracting, your answer can only show as many decimal places as the measurement having the fewest number in the decimal places.
Subtracting a fraction is the same as adding its negative.
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I learned to always change the denominators before adding or subtracting the numerators. You must always have a common denominator before adding or subtracting.
The least number of significant figures in any number of the problem determines the number of significant figures in the answer.
The least number of significant figures in any number of the problem determines the number of significant figures in the answer.
The least number of significant figures in any number of the problem determines the number of significant figures in the answer.
When adding and/or subtracting, your answer can only show as many decimal places as the measurement having the fewest number in the decimal places.
Significant figures are used to receive a more accurate number. To obtain the number you you multiply or divide the quantities, leave as many significant figures in the answer as there are in the quantity with the least number or significant figures. If adding or subtracting quantities, leave the same number of decimal places in the answer as there are in the quantity with the least number of decimal places
The sum of 5.1 and 3.2 is 8.9 with two significant figures. When adding or subtracting numbers, the result should have the same number of decimal places as the number with the fewest decimal places, which in this case is 3.2.
The least number of significant figures in any number of the problem determines the number of significant figures in the answer.
Take the least number of decimal places when adding or subtracting, therefore the answer is 17 to no decimal places.If it was 14 x 3.078 the answer would be 43 to 2 significant figures. The rule for multiplication/division is to use the least number of sig figs in the components: 14 has 2 and 3.078 has 4 so the answer should use 2.
same number of significant digits
The least number of significant figures in any number of the problem determines the number of significant figures in the answer.
When subtracting with significant figures, the answer should be rounded to the least number of decimal places of any number in the calculation. For example, if you subtract 3.25 from 8.621, your answer should be rounded to the nearest hundredth as 5.371 to maintain proper significant figures.
When adding or subtracting numbers, the answer should have the same number of decimal places as the measurement with the fewest decimal places. The final answer should be rounded to the least number of decimal places among the numbers used in the calculation. Only the decimal portion of the number is considered when determining significant figures for addition and subtraction.