document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=190679>Question 190679</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Show how square root 5 can be represent on number line? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Draw a coordinate system.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Mark x = 4 on the positive x-axis.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Put a point at (4,3) and draw a vertical line sement from (4,3) to (4,0)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Connect (0,0) to (4,3).<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The length of that line is sqrt(5) by Pythagoras.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Using a protractor and using (0.0) as a center, draw the arc <BR>\n" );
document.write( "of a circle from (4,3) to the x-axis.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "That point on the x-axis is sqrt(5) from (0,0)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The x-axis is the number line and you have determined<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the point sqrt(5) on that number line.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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