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What happens when a rational number is divided by an irrational number?
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∙ 8y ago
When a rational numbers is divided by an irrational number, the answer is irrational for every non-zero rational number.
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∙ 8y ago
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∙ 9y agoIf the rational number is zero, he answer is also zero, a rational number. Otherwise the answer is irrational.
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Are real numbers rational and irrational?
The set of real numbers is divided into rational and irrational numbers. The two subsets are disjoint and exhaustive. That is to say, there is no real number which is both rational and irrational. Also, any real number must be rational or irrational.
Is 15 divided by 2 rational or irrational number?
7.5
Is 0.05 a rational or irrational number?
It is a rational number.
Can you add irrational number and a rational to get a rational number?
If an irrational number is added to, (or multiplied by) a rational number, the result will always be an irrational number.
Is a rational number times a irrational number?
Can be irrational or rational.1 [rational] * sqrt(2) [irrational] = sqrt(2) [irrational]0 [rational] * sqrt(2) [irrational] = 0 [rational]
When an irrational number is divided by a rational number is the quotient rational or irrational?
Irrational.
Can An irrational number divided by an irrational number equals a rational number?
Yes. Any irrational number can be divided by itself to produce 1, which is a rational number.
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.
Why is 4 divided by 9 an irrational number?
0.4444
Is an irrational number divided by an irrational number always a rational?
No. sqrt(2)/pi is not rational.
Is the quotient of an irrational number and a rational number always irrational?
No. It is not defined if the rational number happens to be 0.
Can a real number that is not a rational number be an irrational number?
Yes it will be. The set of real numbers can be divided into two distinct sets: rational and irrational. So if it is not rational, then it is irrational.
How can you compare rational and irrational numbers?
Rational number can be divided into more that the number 2. Irrational number are numbers that can only be divided evenly with the number 2.
When an irrational number is divided by a rational number is the result rational or irrational?
It is irrational - unless the divisor is 0 in which case the division is not defined.
Is 19 divided by 15 a rational or irrational number?
1.2667
Are irrational numbers rational numbers?
No. Real numbers are divided into two DISJOINT (non-overlapping) sets: rational numbers and irrational numbers. A rational number cannot be irrational, and an irrational number cannot be rational.
Is 16 divided by 49 a rational number?
no, it is irrational.
