Conceptual Understanding: After reading page 46 in our book, answer the followin

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Conceptual Understanding: After reading page 46 in our book, answer the following questions. The number 3^squareroot 2 means (circle all that are true): a) 3^since squareroot 2 is almost 1.41. b) 3^squareroot 2 is not a number since we can never use a number in decimal form to equal it exactly. We can only approximate it with decimals. c) We can think of 3^squareroot 2 as the number that is the limit of a sequence of approximating numbers in decimal form. d) Numbers such as squareroot 5, 3^squareroot 2, 5^pi, etc. have no real practical use since they are always approximated by decimals.

Explanation / Answer

a) Incorrect because
sqrt2 is only APPROXIMATELY 1.41
IT is not exatcly 1.41

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b)
True
Because sqrt2 itself is not an exact value, so 3^sqrt2 also will not be exact, it will only be approximate
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c)
True

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d)
False

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