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Is this rational or irrational?

Is this rational or irrational?-example-1
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Answer:

Irrational.

Step by step explanation:


\sqrt 6 + (2)/(3)\\\\\\=(3\sqrt 6 +2)/(3)\\\\\text{The sum of the these two numbers cannot be expressed as the the ratio of two integers,}\\\\\text{So the sum is not rational.}

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