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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Solve Square root2 x 5 + 24 - 8? What does it equal and is the solution an irrational number?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

what is the square root over?...

OpenStudy (anonymous):

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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Is the x a variable, or is that a multiplication sign?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Nevermind is 23.0710678118564752 rational or irrational>

OpenStudy (anonymous):

As written, that is a rational number, but if the decimal digits actually continue on forever then it is irrational.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

That is a decimal approximation to 5√2 + 24 - 8, which because it contains a square root of a non-square number, it cannot be rational.

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