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Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery
My only comment with the "9001" rating is that carrying things to that amount of significant figures implies strong confidence in that specific number. While I certainly get the "over 9000" meme, many FIRST mentors (especially those over the age of 35 or so) aren't going to, and may interpret that 9001 figure to be a more scientifically approached limit given the specificity to 4 sig figs.
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You are assuming that the zeroes are not significant figures already. Zeros can be significant.
Tell a machinist to make a part with a dimension of 1.00000" and see how hard they hit you. Whereas 1.00" and they won't bat an eye.