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Aye i have a code karen someone help please

go to this question on my page and then go to the first answer and there's a Karen in the comments
"1. what do you do to check weather a number is rational or irrational? in your explanation, use an example of irrational and a rational number. 2. how does finding the square root of a number compare to finding the cube root of a number? use the number 64 in your explanation. REALLY HIGH BRAINIRLY"

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Answer:

1. If you're taking square roots, the number must be a perfect square to give a rational root.

64 = 8^2, so √64 = 8 is rational

Similarly, since

64 = 4^3, ∛64 = 4 is rational.

For small numbers, it's easy to check for possible roots, as there aren't that many candidates. In general, it's much more difficult.

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Explanation:

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