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Kitty [74]
4 years ago
8

Let a be an irrational number. Is 1/a rational or irrational

Mathematics
2 answers:
S_A_V [24]4 years ago
8 0

An irrational number multiplied, divided, added, or subtracted with a rational number, (or the other way around) is always irrational.

Since a is irrational, 1/a is 1/ a rational number, which will be irrational.

Marianna [84]4 years ago
7 0

<u>1 is a rational number</u> because 1 can go into 1 when dividing. <u>Irrational numbers are mostly decimals. </u>

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