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Explain why the square root of 38 is an irrational number.

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Rational number- a number that can be expressed in the form of p/q where q is not equal to 0 (zero).

The square root of 38 is 6.1644140030.

Square root of 38 is not a rational number because it cannot be expressed as a fraction and thus, is an irrational number.

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