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Is the square root of 3 rational?

Updated: 12/22/2023
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Root of '3' is NOT rational.

It is an IRRATIONAL Number.

To 9 d.p. it is sqrt(3) = 1.732050808....

NB THE square roots of prime numbers are irrational , just like 'pi = 3.141592....'.

NNB A irrational number, put casually, is a number were the decimals go to inifinty and there is no regular order in the number2.

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No, the square root of 3 is not rational.
No. The square root of 3 is irrational.

More generally: if p is a Prime number then the square root of p is irrational and the proof of this fact mimics the famous proof of irrationality of the square root of 2.
No - the square root of 3 is not rational, but the proof is too involved to post here.

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