is 17 irrational?
just a quick question and can someone help me?
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OpenStudy (igreen):
Rational numbers can be written as simple fractions.
OpenStudy (igreen):
Can you write 17 as a simple fraction?
OpenStudy (yanasidlinskiy):
What's the difference between rational and irrational?
OpenStudy (yanasidlinskiy):
Ahh, iGreen, lololol.
OpenStudy (igreen):
Haha, too fast for you :P
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OpenStudy (yanasidlinskiy):
:P
OpenStudy (anonymous):
17 is irrational because nothing goes into it
OpenStudy (igreen):
That is not the definition of an irrational number..
OpenStudy (rational):
you're confusing primes with irrationals
OpenStudy (igreen):
That would be saying it's prime
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OpenStudy (anonymous):
17 is a irrational number
OpenStudy (anonymous):
ohh
OpenStudy (rational):
\[\large 17 ~~= ~~\dfrac{17}{1}~~\color{blue}{\text{ratio of two integers}}\]
so \(17\) is rational
OpenStudy (anonymous):
so 17 is rational?
OpenStudy (rational):
that also means \(17\) is NOT irrational
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OpenStudy (anonymous):
@iGreen is he correct?
OpenStudy (anonymous):
yes 17 is rational because it can be ritten in the form of p\q where p and q are integers and q is not equal to 0
OpenStudy (anonymous):
written*
OpenStudy (igreen):
Yes..he is 100% correct @pjpineda17
OpenStudy (anonymous):
theses are my options
Which number is irrational?
A.
1 over 6
B.
square root of 17
C.
square root of 49
D.
Syntax error from line 1 column 53 to line 1 column 60. Unexpected '0'.
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OpenStudy (anonymous):
B
OpenStudy (anonymous):
D is 0.06 repeated
OpenStudy (anonymous):
\[\sqrt{17}\]
OpenStudy (anonymous):
is irrational =4.123105626
OpenStudy (anonymous):
and it is non terminating
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