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  • Rounding to Three Significant Figures: A Step-by-Step Guide
    Rounding 200.601 to three significant figures gives you 201. Here's why:

    * Significant figures are the digits in a number that contribute to its precision.

    * Leading zeros (zeros before the first non-zero digit) are *not* significant.

    * Trailing zeros (zeros after the last non-zero digit) are significant if they are to the right of a decimal point.

    In 200.601:

    * The first three digits (2, 0, and 1) are significant.

    * The remaining digits (0, 0, and 1) are not significant.

    Since the fourth digit (6) is greater than 5, we round the third significant digit (0) up to 1.

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