SOLUTION: Select an irrational number and another number such that the sum, difference, product, or quotient of the two numbers is a rational number. I am very lost. Thanks

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: Select an irrational number and another number such that the sum, difference, product, or quotient of the two numbers is a rational number.
I am very lost. Thanks This question is from textbook

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let's pick the irrational number and simply multiply it by itself to get

So

This means that multiplying two irrational numbers results in a rational number
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