Elementary Algebra

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1285194055
ISBN 13: 978-1-28519-405-9

Chapter 2 - Real Numbers - 2.3 - Real Numbers and Algebraic Expressions - Problem Set 2.3 - Page 68: 3

Answer

Irrational

Work Step by Step

The square root of 5 cannot be expressed as a fraction containing only integers, so it is an irrational number.
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