How many significant figures are needed in the distance

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Solve the all parts of following question:

Question: Global positioning satellites (GPS) can be used to determine positions with great accuracy.

Part I: If one of the satellites is at a distance of 20,000 km from you, what percent uncertainty in the distance does a 4m uncertainty represent?

Part II: How many significant figures are needed in the distance?

I need help to find how many significant figures are needed in the distance.

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