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OpenStudy (anonymous):

which of this two is irrational 3.8 or √51

OpenStudy (pfenn1):

Do you know what the term irrational means?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yeah like rational√144 irrational √26

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Irrational means you can't write it as a fraction. Having said that, which of those do you think cant be written as one.

OpenStudy (pfenn1):

Sounds like you know the answer to you own problem then.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

well sense 51 is irrational just not familiar with decimals'

OpenStudy (anonymous):

First calculate the square root of 51, and you will notice it is one long decimal, that is what irrational means

OpenStudy (anonymous):

You should know that you can write decimals as fractions though. Example .75 is 3/4 and 1.5 is 3/2

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yeah just 3.8 threw me off thank you

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