Nat Hager III
>This may have inadvertently provided incentive for the
>over-precise rounding in SI declarations.


The FPLA mandated 'not more than' 2 decimal places, then it became 'not
more than' 3 decimal places. Now it is: 'should be' 3 significant
figures.

Thus I 'should' write '454 g' but I am permitted to write '453.5924 g


http://www.ftc.gov/os/statutes/fpla/basis_jan1994.html
 

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