Question

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Choose the best description for the real number square root of 35.
Irrational, because it is not a terminating or repeating decimal Irrational, because it is a repeating decimal Rational, because it is not a terminating or repeating decimal Rational, because it is a repeating decimal

Answer 1

http://openstudy.com/users/keshaun455#/updates/5575f807e4b063942067ef11

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Do you know the difference between rational numbers and irrational numbers?

Answer 4

I think they want you to learn that a rational number (think ratio) can be written as a ratio (fraction). For example 1/11 is rational.
if you change that to a decimal (divide 11 into 1) you get 0.090909...
which repeats forever with that pattern.

some numbers don't have a nice repeating pattern (and cannot be written as a ratio)
for example, pi is 3.14159...
see http://www.piday.org/million/
there is no pattern.
these numbers are irrational

Answer 5

you generally get irrational numbers when you "take roots" (e.g. square root)
though there are exceptions. sqrt(25) = 5 and 5 is rational.