How MANY Significant figures? (1 Viewer)

[fightallnightx]

Just wanting to know, supposedly you're solving a calculation question.

My teacher said to always do it to 4 sig figures. (no matter what.)

But my tutor (who is ABSOLUTELY certain) that i have to use the lowest sig fig used within the question.

I told my teacher that, and she said thats a PHYSICS sort of thing to do :S

I'm so confused

 

[mohdateeq]

According to my chem. teacher you should use the lowest significant figures given in the question. And from experience I believe this to be a safe approach to follow. Hope that helps!

 

[Pwnage101]

lowest sig fig in Q

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[minijumbuk]

lowest sig fig in Q

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