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3 years ago

The number 1.41421356.... is a(n) _ number because __ .

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xeze [42]3 years ago

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Irrational number because the decimal never stops.

dangina [55]3 years ago

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The number 1.41421356.... is a(n) rational number because its a repeating decimal that can be written as a fraction.

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Therefore $\! t = 1$ would be the only local maximum over the interval $0 \le t \le 6\!$ .

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Compare these three possible maximum values of $A(t)$ over the interval $0 \le t \le 6$ . Apparently, $t = 6$ would maximize the value of $A(t)\!$ . That is: $A(6) = 28$ gives the maximum value of $\! A(t)$ over the interval $0 \le t \le 6\!$ .

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