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How can you tell whether a square root of a whole number is rational or irrational

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Real numbers have two categories: rational and irrational. If a square root is not a perfect square, then it is considered an irrational number. These numbers cannot be written as a fraction because the decimal does not end (non-terminating) and does not repeat a pattern (non-repeating).

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