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Question 1025704: I am trying to answer the below question as a true or false and I am just not sure.
-√1024 is a rational number

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Use your calculator to find , then put a minus sign in front of the result. If you can express that result as where and are both integers, then the original expression is rational, otherwise not. Don't forget that 1 is an integer and that any number is equal to .

John

My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it

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I am trying to answer the below question as a true or false and I am just not sure.
-√1024 is a rational number
If the RADICAND: 1,024 is a PERFECT square, then it is RATIONAL.