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imowrer

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on: Jul 28, 2018
Two numbers, one with 4 significant figures and the other with 3 significant figures, are combined using the math operations given below. Which operation can give a result with fewer than 3 significant figures?
 a. addition
  c. multiplication
  b. subtraction
  d. division

Question 2

tripling the radius of a sphere results in increasing its volume by a factor of
 a. 27p
  c. 9
  b. 27
  d. 3


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alexanderhamilton

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Reply #1 on: Jul 28, 2018
Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

B


imowrer

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Reply 2 on: Jul 28, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)

juliaf

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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