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State whether the following statements are true or false. Justify your answers: (i) Every irrational number is a real number. (ii) Every point on the number line is of the form sqrt(m), where m is a natural number. (iii) Every real number is an irrational number.

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1. State whether the following statements are true or false. Justify your answers.

  • i) Every irrational number is a real number.
    • True. The set of real numbers includes both rational and irrational numbers.
  • ii) Every point on the number line is of the form m\sqrt{m}, where mm is a natural number.
    • False.
      • Justification 1: Negative numbers exist on the number line, but m\sqrt{m} (where mm is a natural number) is always non-negative. For example, −2-2 is on the number line but cannot be written as m\sqrt{m}.
      • Justification 2: Numbers like 12\frac{1}{2} are on the number line, but 12\frac{1}{2} cannot be expressed as m\sqrt{m} for any natural number mm.
  • iii) Every real number is an irrational number.
    • False.
      • Justification: Real numbers include rational numbers as well. For example, 2 is a real number but it is a rational number, not an irrational number.

2. Are the square roots of all positive integers irrational? If not, give an example of the square root of a number that is a rational number.

No, the square roots of all positive integers are not irrational.
Example:
Consider the positive integer 4.
Its square root is 4=2\sqrt{4} = 2.
Since 2 can be written as 21\frac{2}{1}, it is a rational number.
Therefore, No, and an example is 4=2\boxed{\text{No, and an example is } \sqrt{4} = 2}.

3. Show how 5\sqrt{5} can be represented on the number line.

  1. Draw a number line and mark a point O as 0.

  2. From O, mark a point A at 2 units to the right (representing the number 2).

    So, OA=2OA = 2 units.

  3. At point A, draw a line segment AB perpendicular to OA, with length 1 unit.

  4. Join O to B.

    Triangle OAB is a right-angled triangle.

  5. Using the Pythagorean theorem, the length of the hypotenuse OB is

    OB=OA2+AB2OB = \sqrt{OA^2 + AB^2} OB=22+12OB = \sqrt{2^2 + 1^2} OB=4+1OB = \sqrt{4 + 1} OB=5OB = \sqrt{5}
  6. With O as the center and OB as the radius, draw an arc that intersects the number line at a point P.

  7. The point P on the number line represents 5\sqrt{5}.

    4. Classroom activity (Constructing the 'square root spiral'): Take a large sheet of paper and construct the 'square root spiral' in the following fashion. Start with a point O and draw a line segment OP1_1 of unit length. Draw a line segment P1_1P2_2 perpendicular to OP1_1 of unit length (see Fig. 1.9). Now draw a line segment P2_2P3_3 perpendicular to OP2_2. Then draw a line segment P3_3P4_4 perpendicular to OP3_3. Continuing in this manner, you can get the line segment Pn−1_{n-1}Pn_n by drawing a line segment of unit length perpendicular to OPn−1_{n-1}. In this manner, you will have created the points P2_2, P3_3,..., Pn_n,..., and joined them to create a beautiful spiral depicting 2\sqrt{2}, 3\sqrt{3}, 4\sqrt{4}, ...

    To construct the square root spiral:

  8. Start with a point O on a large sheet of paper.

    Draw a line segment OP1_1 of 1 unit length.

  9. At P1_1, construct a line segment P1_1P2_2 of 1 unit length, perpendicular to OP1_1.

    Join O to P2_2. By the Pythagorean theorem, OP2=OP12+P1P22=12+12=2OP_2 = \sqrt{OP_1^2 + P_1P_2^2} = \sqrt{1^2 + 1^2} = \sqrt{2} units.

  10. At P2_2, construct a line segment P2_2P3_3 of 1 unit length, perpendicular to OP2_2.

    Join O to P3_3. By the Pythagorean theorem, OP3=OP22+P2P32=(2)2+12=2+1=3OP_3 = \sqrt{OP_2^2 + P_2P_3^2} = \sqrt{(\sqrt{2})^2 + 1^2} = \sqrt{2+1} = \sqrt{3} units.

  11. At P3_3, construct a line segment P3_3P4_4 of 1 unit length, perpendicular to OP3_3.

    Join O to P4_4. By the Pythagorean theorem, OP4=OP32+P3P42=(3)2+12=3+1=4=2OP_4 = \sqrt{OP_3^2 + P_3P_4^2} = \sqrt{(\sqrt{3})^2 + 1^2} = \sqrt{3+1} = \sqrt{4} = 2 units.

  12. Continue this process.

    For each subsequent step, draw a line segment Pn−1_{n-1}Pn_n of 1 unit length, perpendicular to the previous hypotenuse OPn−1_{n-1}. Then join O to Pn_n. The length of the new hypotenuse OPnOP_n will be n\sqrt{n} units.
    This sequence of hypotenuses (OP1_1, OP2_2, OP3_3, ...) forms a spiral, with lengths 1,2,3,4,…\sqrt{1}, \sqrt{2}, \sqrt{3}, \sqrt{4}, \dots.

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