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Find a real number that has an unending and nonreapeating decimal expansion, with the property that if you square the number, the decimal expansion of the squared number terminates.

2007-10-10 05:56:14 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference Homework Help

3 answers

Try √(1/10) = x
This is irrational, since it equals √10/10 and √10
is irrational (10 is not a square). Thus it
has a nonterminating, nonrepeating decimal expansion.
But x² = 1/10, which has a decimal expansion of 0.1 .

2007-10-10 06:05:38 · answer #1 · answered by steiner1745 7 · 0 0

I think pi will work.

2007-10-10 13:01:29 · answer #2 · answered by SC mom 4 · 0 2

NO!!!

2007-10-10 13:01:09 · answer #3 · answered by fivestring46 4 · 0 2

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