Question

(80 Points)Explain why any of the four operations (+-x/)placed between the two terms 5 and-3/(radical sign) 8 will result in an irrational number.

Answer 1

5±x
`(-3)/(√8)` is an irrational number because there's a radical in the denominator. It wouldn't result in a whole number. It would have to be rationalized or smth