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Choose the word or phrase that best completes the statement from the choices listed below each blank.The number $4.587 \times 10^{5}$ has $\frac{ }{\text { three/four } / \text { five }}$significant digits.
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Each of the digits of a number that are used to express it to the required degree of precision, starting from the first non-zero digit, is considered a significant figure. Show more…
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