Both numbers in the numerator have 3 significant digits. The denominator has 4 significant digits. Just as a chain is no stronger than its weakest link, no answer can have more significant digits than the least number of significant digits in any number used to calculate it. So the answer must be rounded to 3 significant digits. 1975.777063 In scientific notation: 1.975777069 × 10³ But we must round the decimal part off to three significant digits: 1.98 × 10³ Edwin