Suppose you are asked to find the area of a rectangle that is 2.1-cm wide by 5.6
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Question
Suppose you are asked to find the area of a rectangle that is 2.1-cm wide by 5.6-cm long. Your calculator answer would be 11.76 cm2 . Now suppose you are asked to enter the answer to two significant figures. (Note that if you do not round your answer to two significant figures, your answer will fall outside of the grading tolerance and be graded as incorrect.)Enter your answer to two significant figures and include the appropriate units.
Suppose you are asked to find the area of a rectangle that is 2.1-cm wide by 5.6-cm long. Your calculator answer would be 11.76 cm2 . Now suppose you are asked to enter the answer to two significant figures. (Note that if you do not round your answer to two significant figures, your answer will fall outside of the grading tolerance and be graded as incorrect.)
Enter your answer to two significant figures and include the appropriate units.
Suppose you are asked to find the area of a rectangle that is 2.1-cm wide by 5.6-cm long. Your calculator answer would be 11.76 cm2 . Now suppose you are asked to enter the answer to two significant figures. (Note that if you do not round your answer to two significant figures, your answer will fall outside of the grading tolerance and be graded as incorrect.)
Enter your answer to two significant figures and include the appropriate units.
Explanation / Answer
ANSWER IS : 12 Cm2
*if the figure following the last to be retained is less than five ,the last digit retained is not alter
Example let say round off 12.35 then the answer is 12 because 3 is less than 5
*if the figure following last figure to be retain is greater than five , the last digit retained is increased by one
Example rounding of 12.632 here 6 is greter than 5 so the answer is 13 in two singnificant figure