SOLUTION: is this rational or irrational?? sqrt 71

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Question 40208: is this rational or irrational??
sqrt 71
Answer by fractalier(6550) About Me  (Show Source):
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Irrational.
The square root of every non-perfect-square is irrational.
It cannot be expressed as a fraction of two integers.