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A student claims that \(\sqrt{2}\) is rational because \(1.414=\frac{1414}{1000}\). What is the main error in the argument?

Answer and explanation

Correct answer: \(\frac{1414}{1000}\) is only an approximation of \(\sqrt{2}\); its square is not exactly \(2\).

\(1.414\) is only an approximation, not the exact value of \(\sqrt{2}\). Check: \((1.414)^2=1.999396\), not \(2\). In exams, always distinguish an approximate decimal from an exact value.

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Number SystemsIrrational NumbersSquare Root 2Rational NumbersMisconception AnalysisClass 9 MathematicsProof Of Irrationality Of Square Root 2 And Square Root 3Mathematics

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