Log in Jonathan Holzmann 10 years agoPosted 10 years ago. Direct link to Jonathan Holzmann's post “now that we've proved tha...” now that we've proved that the sum of rational and irrational numbers is irrational, what about the sum of irrational and irrational numbers? And what about multiplying irrational numbers? • (14 votes) Rachel 10 years agoPosted 10 years ago. Direct link to Rachel's post “An irrational number (add...” An irrational number (added, multiplied, divided or subtracted) to another irrational number can be either rational OR it can be irrational..The test ( I just took it) shows examples of all these , that is, an irrational that is divided, subtracted, added, and multiplied to another irrational COULD be rational or irrational. For instance, pi/pi. Well, anything divided by itself is 1. Thus, in this instance, it is rational. Another example, the sqrt of 5/ sqrt 5 is 1. Thus, it is rational. Another example: Or if you have an irrational that is sqrt5 (to the third root) raised to the third power, the 1/3 and 3 will cancel each other when you multiply the 3 and 1/3 to each other and it will become 5, a rational number. Or, for instance, sqrt 5 times sqrt 5, both are irrational, but when you multiply them together, you get sqrt 25, which is 5. Another example: Pi-Pi=0, which is a rational number. Another example is if you multiply the conjugate of one term to another: (25 votes) rnjsanwjd1 9 years agoPosted 9 years ago. Direct link to rnjsanwjd1's post “Shouldn't we also prove t...” Shouldn't we also prove that (mb-na) and nb have no common factor greater than 1? • (6 votes) Stefen 9 years agoPosted 9 years ago. Direct link to Stefen's post “That step is not necessar...” That step is not necessary for this proof since the values left over over after removing any common factor from (mb-na) and nb must still be integers and since they are integers, the proof still holds, that is, the outcome is not changed by removing common factors, even if they exist. (11 votes) Muhammed 7 years agoPosted 7 years ago. Direct link to Muhammed's post “Does anyone know why is i...” Does anyone know why is it that irrational numbers cannot be expressed as a ratio of two integers? Take pi for example. Pi supposedly has an infinite number of digits. So it is impossible for us to know what all of these digits are and without knowing the numerator we cannot find the denominator. Am I right? • (3 votes) kubleeka 7 years agoPosted 7 years ago. Direct link to kubleeka's post “A rational number is _def...” A rational number is defined as a number that can be written as a ratio of integers. This use of the term "rational" stems from the word "ratio". Pi has been proven irrational (the proof is rather dense and requires analysis and calculus, so I won't go into it). Therefore, it's decimal expansion cannot be repeating, since if it repeated, pi would be rational. The fact that pi's decimal expansion does not repeat is a derived property of it, not a defining one. (7 votes) SirMishraMan 7 years agoPosted 7 years ago. Direct link to SirMishraMan's post “Is it possible to have a ...” Is it possible to have a number that is not rational but also not irrational? • (4 votes) kodi koeder 7 years agoPosted 7 years ago. Direct link to kodi koeder's post “yes its 0, programming 1'...” yes its 0, programming 1's and 0's, and infinity (3 votes) 😊 9 years agoPosted 9 years ago. Direct link to 😊's post “Is the sum of a rational ...” Is the sum of a rational number and irrational number always rational? • (0 votes) bastivargas 6 years agoPosted 6 years ago. Direct link to bastivargas's post “So then if that's the cas...” So then if that's the case for adding and multiplying rationals and irrationals, would subtracting a rational from an irrational or an irrational from a rational and dividing a rational by an irrational or an irrational by a rational also result in an irrational number. • (1 vote) Howard Bradley 6 years agoPosted 6 years ago. Direct link to Howard Bradley's post “Yes to all of those thing...” Yes to all of those things. Subtraction is just addition of the negative A negative rational is still a rational, and a negative irrational is still irrational. Similarly division is just multiplication by the reciprocal (multiplicative inverse). The reciprocal of a rational is still rational (p/q -> q/p), and the reciprocal of an irrational is still irrational. (4 votes) JemboJet a year agoPosted a year ago. Direct link to JemboJet's post “Not very mathematical, bu...” Not very mathematical, but my way of thinking about this was "Of course, the number would still have all those non-repeating digits at the end." XD • (2 votes) Shivee 7 years agoPosted 7 years ago. Direct link to Shivee's post “a=1-root2 then how to fin...” a=1-root2 then how to find value of (a - 1/a)^3 • (0 votes) David Severin 7 years agoPosted 7 years ago. Direct link to David Severin's post “I will just process what ...” I will just process what I might try: a - 1/a, get common denominator to get (a^2 -1)/a, so note top is difference of perfect squares (a-1)(a+1)/a, substitute in (1 - √2 -1 ))(1 - √2+ 1)/(1 - √2) or (-√2)(2 - √2)/(1 - √2), multiply by (1 + √2)/(1 + √2) to get rid of root in denominator, (-√2)(2 - √2)(1 + √2)/(1 - 2). Next, start multiplying top out (-2√2 + 2)(1 + √2) or (- 2√2 - 4 + 2 + 2√2)/-1, which all goes down to -2/-1 or 2, (2)^3 = 8. This is assuming no math mistakes. (3 votes) sriramak47 10 years agoPosted 10 years ago. Direct link to sriramak47's post “Sum of a rational and irr...” Sum of a rational and irrational is irrational, but what about the sum of two irrationals? • (2 votes) Mike Cordice 7 years agoPosted 7 years ago. Direct link to Mike Cordice's post “-5, 1/9, rational number ...” -5, 1/9, rational number why or why not • (1 vote) Kim Seidel 7 years agoPosted 7 years ago. Direct link to Kim Seidel's post “Are these 2 numbers? or ...” Are these 2 numbers? or one mixed number? You have a comma in this middle which should not be there for a mixed number. (2 votes)Want to join the conversation?
sqrt 5^2
If an irrational is taken to any root , for example, sqrt 5^2, if we raise it to the second power, it can be rational. Thus, the the sq root of 5 (which is really raised to the 1/2 power) and the exponent of 2 cancel each other out when you multiply them together, thus, you get 5, a rational number.
(4+sqrt3) (4-sqrt3) The irrational numbers cancel
16-4sqrt3 +4sqrt3 +sqrt 9
the 4sqrt3 cancels with the negative 4sqrt3.
The sqrt of 9 becomes 3
16+3=19
Good question by the way!
We can prove that all rational numbers have repeating decimal expansions, and all numbers with repeating decimal expansions are rational.
(By irrationals, I mean pure surds which cannot be simplified.)
And also nothing like (√2) + (1 - √2) = 1
A rational number is any number that can be written as a fraction where the numerator and denominator are both integers.
-5 = -5/1. So it is rational.
1/9 is already in fraction form and meets the definition. So, it is rational.
-5 1/9 can be converted to an improper fraction, then it would satisfy the definition for a rational number.
Hope this helps.
