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OpenStudy (rawritskitty):

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OpenStudy (anthonyym):

Ok so 0.22 repeating is 2/9 in fraction form.

OpenStudy (triciaal):

what are the prime factors of 112? what is the highest perfect square

OpenStudy (anthonyym):

If it was 0.22 the fraction would be 11/50, but it is 0.22 "repeating" so it is 2/9. The trick is that whenever a number repeats its tenth place it is that digit over 9.

OpenStudy (triciaal):

sorry, continue with anthonyym

OpenStudy (triciaal):

@anthonyym sorry, please continue

OpenStudy (anthonyym):

Yes, so to simplify sqrt(112), we can take perfect squares out of the square root. 112 is 2^4 * 7, which is also 4^2 * 7. 4^2 is a perfect square, so we take it out of the radical and it becomes \[4\sqrt{7}\].

OpenStudy (anthonyym):

We can "take it out" because it's actually \[\sqrt{4^2*7}=\sqrt{4^2}*\sqrt{7}=4\sqrt{7}\]

OpenStudy (anthonyym):

No, you multiply them because the question says "times"

OpenStudy (anthonyym):

You can multiply them across like fractions, numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator. \[\frac{ 2 }{ 9 }*\frac{ 4\sqrt{7} }{ 1 }\].

OpenStudy (anthonyym):

Correct

OpenStudy (anthonyym):

Yes, because you can write it as a fraction

OpenStudy (anthonyym):

Oops I may be wrong because sqrt7 is not rational

OpenStudy (anthonyym):

Yeah, so even if you multiply it by a rational number, the whole thing will still be irrational because there's an irrational number.

OpenStudy (anthonyym):

It's irrational. Having anything irrational multiplied to it makes the whole answer irrational

OpenStudy (anthonyym):

No problem!

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