Respuesta :

The square root of 8, written as [tex]\sqrt{8}[/tex] or sqrt(8), is irrational. We cannot represent this as a fraction of whole numbers. 

Contrast this with something like sqrt(25) = 5, which is rational since 5 = 5/1 is a fraction of whole numbers. 
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