express the answer in scientific notation with the correct number of significant figures

(8.86+1.0*10^-3) / 3.610*10^-3

2454.57???

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3,o00032

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Goodness. The numberator reduceds to 8.86, you cannot add .001 to that, because the thousandths position in 8.86 is not signficant. Then dividing 8.86 by 3.610E-3 does not make more than three signficant digits (the numerator is only three). Ans: 2.45E3

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To express the answer in scientific notation with the correct number of significant figures, we will follow these steps:

Step 1: Perform the calculation inside the parentheses:
8.86 + 1.0 * 10^(-3) = 8.86 + 0.001
= 8.861
≈ 8.861 (rounded to four decimal places)

Step 2: Perform the calculation in the denominator:
3.610 * 10^(-3) = 0.00361

Step 3: Divide the result of the numerator by the denominator:
8.861 / 0.00361 ≈ 2451.246 (rounded to six decimal places)

Step 4: Now we need to express this result in scientific notation with the correct number of significant figures. The given numbers have three significant figures (8.86 in the numerator and 3.610 in the denominator). Therefore, the final answer should also be expressed with three significant figures.

2451.246 = 2.45 * 10^3

So, the answer in scientific notation with the correct number of significant figures is 2.45 * 10^3.