Hank said

is irrational because it is a square root. Why is he incorrect?
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Hank is incorrect because 25 is irrational.
Hank is incorrect because 25 is irrational.

Hank is incorrect because
Hank is incorrect because square root of 25 is equal to 5 point 5

Hank is incorrect because not all square roots are irrational.
Hank is incorrect because not all square roots are irrational.

Hank is incorrect because the decimal expansion of
is a repeating decimal.
Hank is incorrect because the decimal expansion of square root of 25 is a repeating decimal.

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Hank is incorrect because not all square roots are irrational. In fact, the square root of 25 is equal to 5, which is a rational number (since it can be expressed as the fraction 5/1). Therefore, he is mistaken in asserting that the square root of 25 is irrational.