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To: yarddog
"Since Pi is an infinitesimal number there is no exact square root..."

Is it possible that you mean Irrational? :-)

87 posted on 12/08/2001 3:28:52 PM PST by editor-surveyor
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To: editor-surveyor
I once saw an Irrational Moose!
90 posted on 12/08/2001 3:35:31 PM PST by razorback-bert
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To: editor-surveyor
You get the prize!
The square root of two is also an irrational number!
That is a number that cannot be written as the ratio of two integers.

If a number cannot be written as the ratio of two integers
(like pi) then it follows that its square root also cannot!

200 posted on 12/08/2001 5:56:14 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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