Review #6: Sum and Product of Rational and Irrational Numbers

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What is the sum of a rational number and an irrational number?

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The sum is irrational.

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What is the product of two rational numbers?

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The product is rational.

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What is the product of a rational number and an irrational number?

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The product is irrational.

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What is the sum of two rational numbers?

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The sum is rational.

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It is irrational because it is the sum of a rational and an irrational number.

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Define a rational number.

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A rational number is any number that can be expressed as the quotient or fraction of two integers.

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Define an irrational number.

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An irrational number is a number that cannot be expressed as a simple fraction; it cannot be written as a ratio of two integers.

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Give an example of a rational number.

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Examples include 1/2, 3, -4, and 0.

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Give an example of an irrational number.

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What happens when you add two irrational numbers?

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The result can be either rational or irrational.