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Question 938441: is - sq rt 4 a rational or irrational number and why.
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If you mean the negative of the square root of 4:
-√4
= -2

It is rational, because -2 can be written as a fraction.
A rational number is any number that can be written as a fraction. In decimal form, it would be a terminating or repeating decimal.

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