Is the sum of a rational and irrational number a rational or irrational number?

Given the parent function of [tex]f(x)=x^4[/tex], what change will occur when the function is changed to [tex]f(\frac{1}{2} x)[/tex]?

Triangle xyz, with vertices x(-2, 0), y(-2, -1), and z(-5, -2), undergoes a transformation to form triangle x? y? z? , with vertices x? (4, -2), y? (4, -3), and z? (1, -4). the type of transformation that triangle xyz undergoes is a . triangle x? y? z? then undergoes a transformation to form triangle x? y? z? , with vertices x? (4, 2), y? (4, 3), and z? (1, 4). the type of transformation that triangle x? y? z? undergoes is a .

For a science project, a high school research team conducted a survey of local air temperatures. based on the results of the survey, the found that the average temperatures were around 10 degrees higher than expected. this result was wrong. the trouble with the survey was that most of the locations were exposed to direct sunlight and located over asphalt or sand, which resulted in higher temperatures than normal. this is a classic example of an error in which phase of inferential statistics?