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Re: Sig Figures



PHYS-L@lists.nau.edu writes:
1. I like to remember that significant digit guidelines are most important
as reminders to our students to think about the accuracy or precision in a
given value and not to simply use the calculator results because it is
there.

As a HS teacher I find it necessary to present some guidelines of what are
"reasonable" results of calculations. The calculator gives too many
numbers blindly, without judgementKen Fox
AP/IB Physics Teacher
Smoky Hill High School
Aurora, CO. The human must interpret.

I suggest that what Richard has posted is right on and speaks more to
guidelines rather than hard and fast rules.