SOLUTION: Are radicals as fractions and rational expressions the same?

Question 874868: Are radicals as fractions and rational expressions the same?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
No.
If you mean as category of numbers, then no. If you mean as expressions, then maybe not always.

An expression might be expressed as a numerator and a denominator; but if either or both contain a firmly irrational quantity, then the entire expression is not a rational number. A rational expression has NO irrational part.

A more specific example may be easier to answer you.
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