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OpenStudy (barrelracing):

help please

OpenStudy (barrelracing):

OpenStudy (barrelracing):

@Directrix

Directrix (directrix):

A rational number can be written as the ratio of 2 integers provided the denominator is not zero. 18/11 is the ratio of two integers so it is rational.

Directrix (directrix):

Question for you: How does this simplify: √25 @Barrelracing

OpenStudy (barrelracing):

5

Directrix (directrix):

Correct. And, 5 = 5/1 which means that √25 is rational.

Directrix (directrix):

-√7 does not simplify and cannot be written as the ratio of two integers. It is irrational.

OpenStudy (barrelracing):

ok makes sense

OpenStudy (barrelracing):

and pi is always irrational?

Directrix (directrix):

Your turn again: - 8 π --> Rational or Irrational @Barrelracing

OpenStudy (barrelracing):

irrational

Directrix (directrix):

Correct. >>and pi is always irrational? Yes. It cannot be written as the ratio of two integers.

OpenStudy (barrelracing):

Thank you for your help. Can you check my answers until they say i have learned it?

Directrix (directrix):

What do you have marked in the Rational / Irrational chart?

Directrix (directrix):

I see the first R. What about the other four?

OpenStudy (barrelracing):

i got them all right

Directrix (directrix):

Okay.

OpenStudy (barrelracing):

correct?

OpenStudy (barrelracing):

@Directrix

Directrix (directrix):

The first entry in the chart is wrong. How does -√81 simplify.

OpenStudy (barrelracing):

oh -9

Directrix (directrix):

Yes. And, -9 = -9/1 so -√81 is rational. The others in the chart are correct.

OpenStudy (barrelracing):

OpenStudy (barrelracing):

@Directrix

OpenStudy (barrelracing):

@johnweldon1993

Directrix (directrix):

The 79.85 can be written as the ratio of two integers.

OpenStudy (barrelracing):

so then it is rational

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