Question

sqrt 8 is a rational number

True
False

Answer 1

Irrational numbers do not end or repeat, they go on forever.
Pi is an irrational number. It has 1 million decimal places and counting.
all rational numbers can be expressed as the ratio of two integers.
sqrt 8 is irrational. sqrt 9 is rational. sqrt 9 = 3 = 12/4, 6/2, etc

sqrt (-17) is imaginary because no real number squared is -17. when you square a negative or a positive number, you get a positive number.

sqrt 96 is also irrational

Answer 2

\[\sqrt{a}\] is irrational unless a is a perfect square
8 is not a perfect square