A dialysis unit requires 78.5 L of water. What is the estimated digit? 7 8 5 None are estimated. It is an exact number.

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A dialysis unit requires 78.5 L of water. What is the estimated digit?
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None are estimated. It is an exact number.
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Step 1 Estimated digit

The number of digit we write for a measurement is called number of significant digits or significant figures in the measurement. And scientist understand that the last digit in a measurement is an estimate digit .

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