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Is the sum of two irrational number is always irrational?
No. For example, -root(2) + root(2) is zero, which is rational.Note that MOST calculations involving irrational numbers give you an irrational number, but there are a few exceptions.
Why is the product of a non - zero rational number and an irrational number is irrational?
Let q be a non-zero rational and x be an irrational number.Suppose q*x = p where p is rational. Then x = p/q. Then, since the set of rational numbers is closed under division (by non-zero numbers), p/q is rational. But that means that x is rational, which contradicts x being irrational. Therefore the supposition that q*x is rational must be false ie the product of a non-zero rational and an irrational cannot be rational.
Irrational number when multiplied by 0.4?
If you multiply an irrational number by ANY non-zero rational number, the result will be irrational.
Is the product of a rational number and an irrational number rational or irrational?
Such a product is always irrational - unless the rational number happens to be zero.
Is 10x 3.14 irrational?
The product of two rational numbers, as in this example, is always RATIONAL.However, if you mean 10 x pi, pi is irrational; the product of a rational and an irrational number is ALWAYS IRRATIONAL, except for the special case in which the rational number is zero.
