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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Which of the following is an irrational number

OpenStudy (anonymous):

?

OpenStudy (tiffany_rhodes):

C

OpenStudy (tiffany_rhodes):

According to the definition given by Google, an irrational number is: "In mathematics, an irrational number is any real number that cannot be expressed as a ratio of integers. Informally, this means that an irrational number cannot be represented as a simple fraction. Irrational numbers are those real numbers that cannot be represented as terminating or repeating decimals.

OpenStudy (tiffany_rhodes):

The square root of 169 is 13. The square root of 12 squared is just 12. The 0.78 is a repeating decimal, so the only one that is irrational is the square root of 18.

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