SOLUTION: Find an irrational number (a nonrepeating, nonterminating decimal) between each pair of rational numbers. a. 2.5, 3.5 b. 0.222 . . . , 0.555 . . . Please help

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Question 374621: Find an irrational number (a nonrepeating, nonterminating decimal) between each pair of rational numbers.
a. 2.5, 3.5
b. 0.222 . . . , 0.555 . . .
Please help

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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Hint: One way to find an irrational number between the numbers 'a' and 'b' is to find the geometric mean of the two. So the number sqrt%28ab%29 is in between the numbers 'a' and 'b'