Answer:
Non-zero digits are always significant.
Any zeros between two significant digits are significant.
A final zero or trailing zeros in the decimal portion ONLY are significant. If a number ends in zeros to the right of the decimal point, those zeros are significant.
Explanation:
1.138 has 4 significant figures, which are 1, 1, 3 and 8. The numbers after the decimal point are decimals and are significant figures.
1.8 would be the top Sig fig
The Atacama Desert is a plateau in South America.
Covering a 1,000-kilometre strip of land on the Pacific coast.
West of the Andes mountains. It is the driest non-polar desert in the world.
In the late 1800s, Chile and Bolivia disputed this land in the Guerra del Pacífico (War of the Pacific) becaue both countries claimed to be rightful owners of this region that.
During the day, temperatures in the desert can reach around 40º C (104º F).
