1 is a rational number because 1 can go into 1 when dividing. Irrational numbers are mostly decimals.
An irrational number multiplied, divided, added, or subtracted with a rational number, (or the other way around) is always irrational.
Since a is irrational, 1/a is 1/ a rational number, which will be irrational.
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