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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Given the two expressions shown below: square root of 3 plus square root of 2 square root of 3 plus square root of 6 Which statement best describes the two expressions? Both are rational. Both are irrational. A is rational, but B is irrational. A is irrational, but B is rational.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

both are irrational because

OpenStudy (anonymous):

both irr ational....

OpenStudy (anonymous):

the square root of 4 is a real valued integer and so is the square root of 25, and 9

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Ok that's what I thought so B right ?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

if you add 2 + 5 you get 7 if you add 2 + 3 you get 5

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yes

OpenStudy (anonymous):

the purpose of this exercise is to test whether or not you know what happens when you take the square root of a number and yes it's B :)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ex: the square root of 3 is an irrational number if you add sqrt(3) to 1 the answer is irrational if you add sqrt(3) to ANY integer(1,2,3,4,5...)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

because both don't have an integer for their srq

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