When you perform the following operations, how many significant figures should your answer have?    (15.000 meters per hour x 10.5000 hours)  +  51 meters hint: units must match hint: First, do the operation in parentheses.  How many places past the decimal does the answer have? hint: What are the units of answer in parentheses?

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When you perform the following operations, how many significant figures should your answer have?   
(15.000 meters per hour x 10.5000 hours)  +  51 meters

hint: units must match
hint: First, do the operation in parentheses.  How many places past the decimal does the answer have?
hint: What are the units of answer in parentheses?

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