A chemical engineer must report the average volume of a certain pollutant produced by the plants under her supervision. Here are the data she has been given by each plant: plant Macon Fall River Pitt volume of pollutant 34.2 L 42.4 L 0.12 L What average volume should the chemical engineer report? Be sure your answer has the correct number of significant digits.

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A chemical engineer must report the average volume of a certain pollutant produced by the plants under her supervision. Here are the data she has been given
by each plant:
plant
Macon
Fall River
Pitt
L
volume of
pollutant
34.2 L
42.4 L
0.12 L
What average volume should the chemical engineer report? Be sure your answer has the correct number of significant digits.
x10
×
5
Transcribed Image Text:A chemical engineer must report the average volume of a certain pollutant produced by the plants under her supervision. Here are the data she has been given by each plant: plant Macon Fall River Pitt L volume of pollutant 34.2 L 42.4 L 0.12 L What average volume should the chemical engineer report? Be sure your answer has the correct number of significant digits. x10 × 5
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