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Is ✓15 + 2 rational or irrational? Explain your
reasoning

User Sashk
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Explanation:

It is not because the square root of 15 is an irrational number(I'm not typing the decimal, it's too big) and added by 2 is still irrational.

Hope it helps!

User John Nguyen
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Answer:

irrational

Explanation:

15 plus 2 is 16 and 16 squared is irrational because nothing times itself is 16

User Symbolrush
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