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How many significant figures are there in each of the following values? 0.003840

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General rules in identifying Significant Figures:

  1. All non-zero digits ranging from 1-9 are considered as significant.

  2. Zeros will be considered significant if it falls on the following criteria:

a. Zero in between significant figures

b. Zero in the decimal portion

c. Zero used as space holder

The given is 0.003840, in this there are 4 significant figures (3,8,4,0)

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