How to convert decimal into radical?

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How do I turn a decimal number into a radical? Such as 0.707=sqrt(2)/2

Guest Jun 8, 2017

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You can't because dacimals are rational numbers, they either recur or terminate.

Radicals are irrational numbers

So it is impossible for one to equal the other,

0.707 does not equal sqrt(2)/2

The are approximately the same but they are not exactly the same :)

Melody Jun 8, 2017

Melody · Answer 1 · 2017-06-08T05:30:18

You can't because dacimals are rational numbers, they either recur or terminate.

Radicals are irrational numbers

So it is impossible for one to equal the other,

0.707 does not equal sqrt(2)/2

The are approximately the same but they are not exactly the same :)