The number of significant figures in is .

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The number of significant figures in  is .

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Strategy:
 Scientific notation and trailing zeros: All digits in the coefficient of a scientific notation representation are significant if a decimal point is present.

Step 1: Analyze the coefficient
Coefficient .
Since there is a decimal point, all zeros following non-zero digits are significant, and zeros between non-zero digits are significant.
Digits: .

Step 2: Count the digits
There are 8 significant figures.

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