An irrational number/value is one you cannot express in terms of a ration, or a fraction, it cannot be written as fraction
now 291.87... is simple, two decimals, so you use two zeros at the botom and end up with

and boom, there you are, a fraction, nice and dandy
now, let's see the first one -√(127) well, low and behold, 127 is a prime number, and and thus is has no two factors that'd serve as root, so, there's no rational root that'd give that, that makes it irrational
B is the answer when the parabola is facing down it is negative
The answer is the second choice, or B; 240 ft^2.
You have to find the area of all four triangles and just add those all together.
Two of the triangles have an area of
5*16=80
Multiply that by two
80*2=160
The other two smaller triangles have an area of
8*5=40
Multiply that by 2 also
40*2=80
Add 160+80 and the answer is 240.
Answer:
Hey! The reciprocal of 1/5 is 5!
Hope this helps :)
~sofia