"A student measures the length of a rectangularposter to the nearest centimeter and finds thatthe length is 75 cm. Another stude

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"A student measures the length of a rectangularposter to the nearest centimeter and finds thatthe length is 75 cm. Another stude

nt measuresthe poster's width to the nearest tenth of acentimeter and finds that the width is 50.3 cm.How should the students report the area of theposter using the correct number of significantdigits?"

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anastassius [24] · Answer 1 · 2023-06-18T21:43:16+03:00

anastassius [24]2 years ago

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Step-by-step explanation:

The result of the calculation of area ( L x W ) should have no more significant digits than the lowest factor ....in this case 75 has only TWO significant digits...... the naswer should have the same ...two

75 * 50.3 = ~3800 cm^2