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How many significant figures does 108700 have?

Updated: 8/21/2019
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9y ago

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There are 4 significant figures.

This can be seen by writing the number in scientific notation:

108700 = 1.08700 x 10^5 = 1.087 x 10^5

Removing the two trailing zeros makes no difference to the value of the number in scientific notation, therefore they are not significant.

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108700 has 6 significant figures.

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