document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=874868>Question 874868</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Are radicals  as fractions and rational expressions the same? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "If you mean as category of numbers, then no.  If you mean as expressions, then maybe not always.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "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.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A more specific example may be easier to answer you. </SPAN>\n" );
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