Mathematics Chapter 1.6 Summary: Rational and Irrational Numbers

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Which of the following statements is true about rational numbers?

They can always be written in the form $\frac{p}{q}$ where $p$ and $q$ are integers and $q = 0$.

What is a key characteristic of irrational numbers?

Their decimal expansion is always non-repeating.

Which of the following is true about the decimal expansion of rational numbers?

It can be either terminating or non-terminating recurring.

If $r$ is a rational number and $s$ is an irrational number, what can be said about $rs$?

<p>$rs$ is always irrational.</p> Signup and view all the answers

For positive real numbers $a$ and $b$, which of the following identities always holds?

<p>$(a+b)(a-b) = a^2 - b^2$</p> Signup and view all the answers

How can the denominator of $\frac{1}{a+b}$ be rationalized?

<p>Multiply by $a-b$</p> Signup and view all the answers

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