Which of these statements is/are always true?
Statement 1 : If A is positive and irrational , then A is irrational.
Statement 2 : If n = x 3 , ∣ x 3 ∣ = y 2 where x and y are Integers, then n is rational .
Select one or more
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@Vaibhav Priyadarshi .How do you do select one or more?
Statement 1:
A is well-defined since A is positive. So either A is rational or irrational. But if A = q p for p , q integers, then A = q 2 p 2 . We are told that A is irrational, thus A must also be irrational.
Statement 2:
If n = x 3 , ∣ x 3 ∣ = y 2 for x , y integers, then there are two possibilities:
a) n < 0 , in which case n is not well-defined
b) n ≥ 0 , in which case n is rational.
Without bothering to prove that these are the only two possibilities, I'll note that n = − 6 4 shows that this statement need not always be true. In this case, x = − 4 , y = ± 8 , but − 6 4 is not well-defined.
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Statement 1 is not always true √ A is imaginary if A < 0 . Statement 2 is always true as the square root of a positive irrational number is always irrational. Statement 3 is not always true since x 3 could be a negative integer; the problem never states that x > 0 .