Divide the numbers in around the answer to the correct number of significant figures. 163.8/8.64=
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Explanation:

In multiplication and division problems, the answer can have no more significant figures than the number with the fewest significant figures.

A calculator gives the result:

163.8    has four significant figures.

   8.64 has three significant figures.

You must round to three significant figures.

That is, you drop all the digits to the right of the 9 — the red line in Fig. 1 below. You are rounding to the nearest tenth.

To round a number to the nearest tenth, you look at the digit in the hundredths place (7). See Fig. 2.

If the digit to be dropped is greater than 5 or is 5 followed by at least one non-zero digit, you add 1 to the number in the tenths place (Fig. 3).

Here's how you do it.

The tenths digit becomes 0 and the ones digit increases from 8 to 9.

answer:

the answer is 6 valence electrons.

explanation:

valence is the # of electrons on the outer most shell of an atom.

oxygen has 6.

although, the valency of oxygen is 2, because it only needs to make 2 covalent bonds, or gain 2 electrons, to achieve the stable octet configuration of a noble gas.

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