At least one of the factors has to be irrational.* An irrational number times ANY number (except zero) is irrational. * The product of two irrational numbers can be either rational or irrational.
The product of two irrational numbers may be rational or irrational. For example, sqrt(2) is irrational, and sqrt(2)*sqrt(2) = 2, a rational number. On the other hand, (2^(1/4)) * (2^(1/4)) = 2^(1/2) = sqrt(2), so here two irrational numbers multiply to give an irrational number.
The sum of two irrational numbers may be rational, or irrational.
An irrational number is a number that can't be exactly represented as the ratio of two integers.
Yes Yes, the sum of two irrational numbers can be rational. A simple example is adding sqrt{2} and -sqrt{2}, both of which are irrational and sum to give the rational number 0. In fact, any rational number can be written as the sum of two irrational numbers in an infinite number of ways. Another example would be the sum of the following irrational quantities [2 + sqrt(2)] and [2 - sqrt(2)]. Both quantities are positive and irrational and yield a rational sum. (Four in this case.) The statement that there are an infinite number of ways of writing any rational number as the sum of two irrational numbers is true. The reason is as follows: If two numbers sum to a rational number then either both numbers are rational or both numbers are irrational. (The proof of this by contradiction is trivial.) Thus, given a rational number, r, then for ANY irrational number, i, the irrational pair (i, r-i) sum to r. So, the statement can actually be strengthened to say that there are an infinite number of ways of writing a rational number as the sum of two irrational numbers.
No. You can well multiply two irrational numbers and get a result that is not an irrational number.
If you multiply two irrational numbers, the result can be rational, or irrational.
No. The square root of two is an irrational number. If you multiply the square root of two by the square root of two, you get two which is a rational number.
As a general rule you don't; you do if you choose them carefully.
Not necessarily. The sum of two irrational numbers can be rational or irrational.
At least one of the factors has to be irrational.* An irrational number times ANY number (except zero) is irrational. * The product of two irrational numbers can be either rational or irrational.
The product of two irrational numbers may be rational or irrational. For example, sqrt(2) is irrational, and sqrt(2)*sqrt(2) = 2, a rational number. On the other hand, (2^(1/4)) * (2^(1/4)) = 2^(1/2) = sqrt(2), so here two irrational numbers multiply to give an irrational number.
The square root of 2 times the square root of 2 is rational.
The sum of two irrational numbers may be rational, or irrational.
It is proven that between two irrational numbers there's an irrational number. There's no method, you just know you can find the number.
In between any two rational numbers there is an irrational number. In between any two irrational numbers there is a rational number.
In between any two rational numbers there is an irrational number. In between any two Irrational Numbers there is a rational number.