Question: Suppose you take replicate readings from a spectrophotometer for your sample and you get the following values (i.e., five values obtained from taking a reading

Suppose you take replicate readings from a spectrophotometer for your sample and you get the following values (i.e., five values obtained from taking a reading of the same standard sample vial a total of 5 times using the same machine and the same settings). Determine how many significant figures should be reported for this single sample (with multiple readings).

3.8587

3.8590

3.8591

3.8593

3.8586

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