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Irrational Numbers and Properties of Irrational Numbers

Why √2 / 1 is...

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Why √2/1 is not a rational number? Where p = √2 and q=1 which is satisfying the need for a rational number.

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root 2/1 is not satisfying the need of rational number because

Rational number are the numbers which can be written in the form of p/q where p and q should be both integers

here p = root 2 is not an integer ,it is an irrational number.

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