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Is under root -16 rational?

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Answered by gurpritjai
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gurpritjai: through laws of exponents (a^m)^n
gurpritjai: ok try justifying your point at what step you have query in
gurpritjai: i will try to explain it to you
Brainlyd: you are saying -√16 can be written as -4^2 which is wrong
gurpritjai: no its root with -4²
Brainlyd: √-4*-4 = √16
gurpritjai: -(-4)²
gurpritjai: with a root
Brainlyd: you didn't mention that in your answer
gurpritjai: sorry I was in a hurry to answer the question
Answered by Brainlyd
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Answer: no -√16 is not rational

Step-by-step explanation:

Negative numbers don't have real square roots since a square is either positive or 0. The square roots of numbers that are not a perfect square are members of the irrational numbers. This means that -√16 is irrational

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