Roots are my friends

What is the smallest rational number larger than 1 such that its square root is also a rational number?

1 4 \frac{1}{4} 1.0000001 1.0000001 4 4 Cannot be determined

This section requires Javascript.
You are seeing this because something didn't load right. We suggest you, (a) try refreshing the page, (b) enabling javascript if it is disabled on your browser and, finally, (c) loading the non-javascript version of this page . We're sorry about the hassle.

2 solutions

Siddharth Singh
Jun 19, 2015

There are infinite rational numbers between any two rational numbers.

Correct Bro Same way

Kushagra Sahni - 5 years, 12 months ago
Rajat Pathak
Jun 14, 2016

Guys, you are correct with your concept but

it would be a bit unjust to say that The solution cannot be determined because there are

infinite number of rational numbers between any two rational numbers.

because clearly it asks smallest rational number in the form x y \frac{x}{y} where x and y both are squared

integers which perhaps could be possible...............lets check

1 4 9 16 25 36 49 64 81 100

4 1 \frac{4}{1} > 9 4 \frac{9}{4} > 16 9 \frac{16}{9} > 25 16 \frac{25}{16} >.........and so on the fraction goes smaller and smaller.

So very clearly,

the reason it cannot be determined is because as you go further you always get a rational number (fraction)

which is smaller than the previous one. Hope my explanation is clear. suggestions are always welcome.

Thank you for your example

Doodley Dubuisson - 3 years ago

0 pending reports

×

Problem Loading...

Note Loading...

Set Loading...