Is the square root of 5 rational or irrational?

The answer would be: is an irrational number. Why?

Because the definition of an irrational number is that: It's a number that can not be expressed as a fraction, or as a whole number.

And you can not make a fraction.

So that's why it's an irrational number.

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The square root of 5,

is irrational. Of the natural numbers, only the perfect squares 1,4,9,16,25,... have rational square roots.

If a natural number has a rational square root that square root must necessarily be a natural number. Can you see why?

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transitive property

step-by-step explanation:

the definition of the transitive property is:

if a = b, and b = c, then a = b