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Approximation & Estimation
Rounding and significant figures let us write numbers to a sensible level of detail; estimation uses rounded numbers to sanity-check a calculation quickly.
What this topic covers
- Rounding to decimal places
- Rounding to a place value
- What counts as a significant figure
- Rounding to significant figures
- Estimating with 1 significant figure
- Why we estimate
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