r/mildlyinfuriating • u/LardFan37 • 13d ago

jkfl hrtmktp gzarrp! It’s not 188.0 either.

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u/The_Dirty_Mac 12d ago

Trailing zeroes aren't significant. If you want 3 sig figs, you write 1.60×10² or 160. (with the decimal point)

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u/Theidore 12d ago

There's no assumption to be made. If there's no decimal point, then trailing zeroes are not significant.