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OpenStudy (anonymous):

how can we show that given no. is rational or not rational

OpenStudy (anonymous):

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OpenStudy (campbell_st):

you need to distribute and you'll find that there will be a 2 terms involving radicals.

OpenStudy (campbell_st):

so its an irrational number...

OpenStudy (anonymous):

can we solve them

OpenStudy (anonymous):

like by solving , i got, (6/root2)-(3root2)+17

OpenStudy (campbell_st):

that looks about right.... it can't be written as a fraction of 2 integers... a/b so its irrational

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