There are 60 marbles in a leather bag. Some of the marbles are blue, some are green, some are clear, some are gold, and some are
red. Based on experimental probability, there is a 1 in 5 chance of pulling out a blue marble. About how many blue marbles might be in the entire bag? 5 blue marbles
12 blue marbles
15 blue marbles
8 blue marbles
Let assume that when is an irrational number, then is a rational number.
If is a rational number, then it can be expressed as a fraction where .
Since , the number is also a rational number. But this contardicts our initial assumption that is an irrational number. Therefore must be an irrational number.