Question

State the number of significant figures in the following numbers :
(i) 62.4
(ii) 0.050
(iii) 8.8674
(iv) 50.0.

Answer 1

(i) `62.4` has three significant figures
(ii) `0.050` has three significant figures
(iii) `8.8674` has five significant figures
(iv) 50.0 has three significant figures.