A square root is a rational number if the radicand is a rational number. the radicand is a perfect square. the radicand is nonnegative. the radicand is zero
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A square root of a number is a value that, when multiplied by itself, gives the original number. A rational number is a number that can be expressed as a fraction of two integers. Show more…
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