Let a be a rational number and b be an irrational number. Is a+b rational or irrational? Please HALP

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Bakhtiiar Muzakparov asked Aug 15, 2022

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Let a be a rational number and b be an irrational number. Is a+b rational or irrational?

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Bakhtiiar Muzakparov asked Aug 15, 2022

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when you add a rational number to an irrational number, the result will have the same infinite non periodical decimal part, so the new number will be irrational as well.

Guleryuz answered Aug 19, 2022

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