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Published on: August 12, 2026
According to significant figure convention, the result obtained by adding
and 1.012 is
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As per convention of significant figures, during addition, the resulting answer should not have more digits to the right of the decimal point than either of the original number.

18.0 has only one digit after the decimal point, thus the result should be reported only upto one digit after the decimal point which is 31.1 .
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