document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=201018>Question 201018</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1592009425/algebrahomeworkh>algebra 2</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> is square root 12 rational? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large \forall x \in I,\ \ \sqrt{x}\"> is rational if and only if <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large \exists p \in I\"> such that <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x = p^2\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In other words, if your radicand is an integer, then the square root is not rational unless there is some integer if squared is equal to the radicand.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0\"><BR>\n" );
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