Significant digits

[John Posada <jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

Hi, guys...I've go a developer that is insisting that the following
statement is accurate:

"All conversion rates are processed and displayed to six significant
digits. E.g. 12.3456 or 123.456 or 0.00123456."

My contention is that the last number is displayed to eight
significant digits and that six digits would be 0.001234.

Who is right?


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John Posada
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