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It is said that greatest possible value of $380$ (2 s.f rounded) is $385$,and least one is $375$. How this is possible? if i try to round $385$ (2 s.f) it should be $390$. As the least possible value of $390$ is $385$.

How can i resolve these issues?

ervx
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Noman
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Any real number $x$ satisfying $375\leq x<385$ will round to $380$ when being rounded to two significant figures.

ervx
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It seems that some people use a different convention for rounding when there is a "5." You seem to be using the "round half up" convention, but some people use the "round half to even" convention, under which you would have both $385$ and $375$ rounding to $380$. See this Wikipedia page.

angryavian
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