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1. Why would the square root of 2 be classified as an irrational number?

2.What are ALL the number groups would you classify 4.56 as?

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Explanation:

the square root of 2 is "irrational(cannot be written as a fraction) because if it could be written as a fraction then we would have the absurd case that the fraction would have even numbers at both top and bottom and so could always be simplified.

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