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Operations on Rational and Irrational Numbers

Question 10 • Adv. Algebra II S2 Original

What type of answer would you expect from the problem below? Explain why you expect that type of answer. ✔ Rational; Both numbers can be written as fractions, so the answer will be a fraction, which is a rational number.Irrational; Both numbers can be written as fractions, so the answer will be a fraction, which is an irrational number.Rational; One number is a fraction and the other is a decimal, so they are not like terms and cannot be combined.

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✔ Rational; Both numbers can be written as fractions, so the answer will be a fraction, which is a rational number.
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Irrational; Both numbers can be written as fractions, so the answer will be a fraction, which is an irrational number.
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Rational; One number is a fraction and the other is a decimal, so they are not like terms and cannot be combined.
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