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Is an irrational number divided by a rational number always irrational?
Yes. The proof is easy. Let x be the irrational number and assume there exists some rational number r = a/b where a and b are integers (that's what it means to be rational). Now suppose x/r is a rational number. Then x/r = (b/a)x = c/d where c and d are some other integers. Since (b/a)x=c/d, then x = bd/ac which means that x itself is rational, but we assumed it was irrational. The contradiction proves that the assertion is wrong. An irrational divided by a rational must be irrational.
Is a rational plus an irrational equals a rational?
No. A rational plus an irrational is always an irrational.
Is the square root of an irrational number rational?
No: Let r be some irrational number; as such it cannot be represented as s/t where s and t are both non-zero integers. Assume the square root of this irrational number r was rational. Then it can be represented in the form of p/q where p and q are both non-zero integers, ie √r = p/q As p is an integer, p² = p×p is also an integer, let y = p² And as q is an integer, q² = q×q is also an integer, let x = q² The number is the square of its square root, thus: (√r)² = (p/q)² = p²/q² = y/x but (√r)² = r, thus r = y/x and is a rational number. But r was chosen to be an irrational number, which is a contradiction (r cannot be both rational and irrational at the same time, so it cannot exist). Thus the square root of an irrational number cannot be rational. However, the square root of a rational number can be irrational, eg for the rational number ½ its square root (√½) is not rational.
Is -131 rational or irrational?
rational
Is the sum of a rational and irrational number rational or irrational?
It is always irrational.
Is 0.757575 rational or irrational?
rational
Prove R is rational and S is irrational then R plus S must be irrational?
Let R + S = T, and suppose that T is a rational number.The set of rational number is a group.This implies that since R is rational, -R is rational [invertibility].Then, since T and -R are rational, T - R must be rational [closure].But T - R = S which implies that S is rational.That contradicts the fact that y is an irrational number. The contradiction implies that the assumption [that T is rational] is incorrect.Thus, the sum of a rational number R and an irrational number S cannot be rational.
Why the area of a circle with a rational radius must be an irrational number?
It the radius is r then the area is pi*r*r - which is pi times a rational number. pi is an irrational number, so the multiple of pi and a rational number is irrational.
Is 4.6 irrational or rational?
4.6 is rational.
Is 10.01 a rational or irrational number?
10.01 is a rational number
Is 37.5 a rational or irrational number?
Rational
How you prove that -if r is rational and x is irrational then prove that r x and rx are rational?
You cannot, because the statements are false! (The second is rational only if r = 0).
Is 34.5 rational or irrational?
is 34.54 and irrational or rational. number
How do you write an irrational number in algebra?
There is no representation for irrational numbers: they are represented as real numbers that are not rational. The set of real numbers is R and set of rational numbers is Q so that the set of irrational numbers is the complement if Q in R.
Is an irrational number divided by a rational number always irrational?
Yes. The proof is easy. Let x be the irrational number and assume there exists some rational number r = a/b where a and b are integers (that's what it means to be rational). Now suppose x/r is a rational number. Then x/r = (b/a)x = c/d where c and d are some other integers. Since (b/a)x=c/d, then x = bd/ac which means that x itself is rational, but we assumed it was irrational. The contradiction proves that the assertion is wrong. An irrational divided by a rational must be irrational.
Is 0.34343434 rational or irrational?
Rational
Is 2.717711777 rational or irrational?
Rational.
