SOLUTION: is the sqrt of 77 rational or irrational?

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Question 85960: is the sqrt of 77 rational or irrational?
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77 = 7 x 11
sqrt%2877%29=sqrt%287%29%2Asqrt%2811%29
sqrt%287%29 is irrational as is sqrt%2811%29
The product of two irrational numbers will itself be irrational.
So sqrt%2877%29 will be irrational.