Answer:
The answer is 631.157
Explanation:
The question requested that the answer to the subtraction of 26.543 from 657.70 must be written using significant figures.
Here are a few tips about how to Identify significant figures.
1) It should be noted that <u>the number "0" is what is usually (but not always) affected</u> while trying to identify significant figures. Hence, <u>all other numbers/digits are always significant</u>. For example, 26.543 has five significant figures.
2) The zeros found between these "other numbers/digits" are also significant. For example, 2202 has four significant figures.
3) In the case of a decimal, the tailing zeros or the final zero is also significant. 657.70 and 657.07 have five significant figures.
Now, back to the question
657.70 - 26.543 = 631.157.
Our final answer does not have a zero, hence all the digits (six) are significant.
