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Mia says that anytime there is a radical in an addition expression, it automatically has an irrational number as the sum. Is she

correct? (1 point)

• No, some radicals simplify to rational numbers.

• Yes, radicals can't be simplified, so they must be irrational.

• Yes, radicals are irrational.

• No, radicals always simplify to integers, so they are rational.

User Icon for Bot GPT 4-o mini Bot GPT 4-o mini answered
24 days ago

Mia is not correct. The correct answer is:

• No, some radicals simplify to rational numbers.

For example, \(\sqrt{4} = 2\), which is a rational number. So, not all expressions containing radicals will lead to an irrational sum.