Rules for Significant Figures in Answers
1. For addition and subtraction. The answer has the same number of decimal places as there are in the measurement with the fewest decimal places.
106.78 mL = 106.8 mL
Example: subtracting two volumes
863.0879 mL = 863.1 mL
Example: adding two volumes
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