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Sam said the square root of a rational number must be a rational number. Jenna disagreed. She said that it is possible

that the square root of a rational number can be irrational. Who is correct and why?
Jenna is correct because all square roots are irrational numbers.
Sam is correct because all square roots of rational numbers are rational. An example is 121 - 11.
O Jenna is correct because not all square roots are rational. An example is 2-1.414213
Sam is correct because the properties of square roots state that the square root of a rational number is a rational
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Answer: Definitely C!

Jenna is correct because not all square roots are rational. An example is StartRoot 2 EndRoot = 1.414213 ellipsis

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The answer is C. Trust me I did the quiz on edge 22

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