Question

Visualise root 17 in 3 decimals form

Answer 1

Answer:

4.123

Explanation:

17 is prime, it has no square factors

so √17 cannot be simplified.

It is an irrational number a little larger than 4 .

Since 17=4^2+1 is in the form n^2+1 , √17 has a particularly simple continued fraction expansion:

√17= 4.123