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Identify the number as rational or irrational. Explain
-√127

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Its irrational because the square root of 127 is a decimal that goes on and on and cannot be represented as a fraction. So it is irrational.
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User Jim Crozier
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Solve:-

-√127 = ?
-√127 = -11.2694276695846449

The answer to this is irrational because this number goes on and on forever and it can not be expressed as a ratio, so your answer is irrational.

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