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some important points related to significant figures :

1. All non-zero digits are significant such as 54789 in which all digits are significant
2. All zeros between non zero digits are significant such as 9005 in which all zeros are significant
3. leading zeros are always non significant such as 0.005400 in which 3 zeros before 5 is non significant but the 2 zeros after 4 are significant
4. trailing zeros in whole number is not significant such as 2500 in which zeros are non significant
5. In trailing zeros if there is decimal then all zeros will be significant such as 2500.0 in which all zeros are significant

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