Question
It has been demonstrated that the square root of 78 is between 8.83 and 8.84. If we were to continue this process, it would ______ because the square root of 78 is an irrational number
a. Eventually stop
b. go on forever
a. Eventually stop
b. go on forever
Answers
GPT-4o mini
The correct answer is **b. go on forever**.
Since the square root of 78 is an irrational number, the process of approximating it will continue indefinitely without terminating or repeating, as irrational numbers have non-repeating, non-terminating decimal expansions.
Since the square root of 78 is an irrational number, the process of approximating it will continue indefinitely without terminating or repeating, as irrational numbers have non-repeating, non-terminating decimal expansions.