Well, I don't know Mark's reasoning, but the square root of 2 is not a rational number. A rational number is a number that can be represented by a fraction - its decimal form must either be finite (have an end) or repeat (for example, 1/3 or .3333333...). The square root of 2 is infinite and cannot be written as a fraction, so it's not rational.
Answer:
48 Siamese cats were surveyed
Step-by-step explanation:
Let x represent the total number of surveyed Siamese cats.
Since 5/8 of the Siamese cat said that they didn't mind having a lap up water from a bowl , hence:
Number of cats who lapped = (5/8)x
Also, 3/16 admitted they would have preferred to use a straw:
Number of cats who used straw = (3/16)x
Taking into consideration that 39 of the Siamese cats gave one of those two answers:
(5/8)x + (3/16)x = 39
(13 / 16)x = 39
x = 39 * 16 / 13
x = 48
48 Siamese cats were surveyed
The answer will be 16x = 192 and x= 12 because the amount collected =x + 6 times 2x = 192
A. 2 parts is 7, so 7/2 is 3.5 = 1 part, then multiply by 3 to make the corresponding side which is 10.5 or 10 1/2
