alleryWhat did followers of Pythagoras find about the square root of two?
AIt equals exactly 1.5
BIt is no ratio of integers
CIt is a unit fraction
DIt is a repeating decimal
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. It is no ratio of integers
1. Followers of Pythagoras (c. 530 BC) studied the square root of two.
2. They discovered it cannot be expressed as a fraction of integers.
3. So it is not 1.5, not a unit fraction, and not a repeating decimal (which would be rational).
_Source: Wikipedia, Fraction, section History_
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