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Old 12-01-2005, 07:37 PM   #712
Farael
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Originally Posted by Fea
Actually the second one is only two sig figs. 8.5*10^-1=0.85
I'm almost possitive that 8.5*10^-1 indicates that you are certain up to the 5 and therefore you have a third decimal place of which you are not completely certain (namely the 0)

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