Question

is -√(26) rational or irrational?

Answer 1

if evaluated, do you get an integer?

if yes it is rational.

Answer 2

3.25 is not an integer, and it's rational.

Answer 3

poor choice of words, you explain it.

Answer 4

@blaque678 A rational number will have numbers after the decimal that either trail off (e.g., 1.25) or that repeat (e.g., 5.1818181818). A rational number can be written as a fraction of two integers.

Answer 5

So, can you represent \(-\sqrt{26}\) as a fraction?