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If we keep going on like this and dividing the number line, will we eventually find a fraction equal to square root of 2 ?

If we keep going on like this and dividing the number line, will we eventually find-example-1

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We will never find a fraction equal to


√(2)

because there is never going to be an exact value for that root, no matter how many times we divide the number line.

Remember that irrational numbers can never be expressed as fractions.

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