How do you avoid round off errors when calculating to correct sig. digits?

Subject: How do you avoid round off errors when calculating to correct sig. digits?

Date: Fri Nov 13 00:20:12 1998
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Area of science: Engineering
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When making calculations using significant digits, do you round off 
at each step of the calculation to the correct significant digits or 
wait to round off when you get the final answer?  If you don't round 
to sig digits in each step, how do you write them down in your 
solution so that it is correct?

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