This is not a profound physics question, but I hope someone can help since I just started learning physics.
Given the following calculations below, what would be the proper solutions be (incorporating significant figures)?
10.0 + 2.0(3.3333333) = 10.0 + 6.7 = 16.7
Notice that I rounded 2.0(3.3333333) = 16.6666666 to 16.7.
I am not sure if 16.7 is the right answer. I feel that it is 17 since the least precise measurement in the last arithmetic step has only two significant figures, being 6.7.
Given the following calculations below, what would be the proper solutions be (incorporating significant figures)?
10.0 + 2.0(3.3333333) = 10.0 + 6.7 = 16.7
Notice that I rounded 2.0(3.3333333) = 16.6666666 to 16.7.
I am not sure if 16.7 is the right answer. I feel that it is 17 since the least precise measurement in the last arithmetic step has only two significant figures, being 6.7.