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64. Determine whether the statement is true or false: The product of a rational and irrational number is

always irrational

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Answer:

False

Explanation:

The product of two irrational number 2 is irrational. False. Counterexample: (√2) ∙ (−√2) = 2. (c) The sum of a rational number and an irrational number is irrational.

User Amitesh Kumar
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Answer: TRUE

Explanation:

you can't never change an irrational number into rational number

2 × √3 = 2√3 ⇔ still an irrational number

User Jostein Stuhaug
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