Square roots and Cube roots can be rational or irrational. The square root of a Response areasquare (√7 = 2.6457...) is always irrational. The square root of a Response area square (√25 = 5) is a rational, whole number. This means that √36 is Response area and √10 is Response area.

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The square root of 36 is a rational, whole number (6) because it is a perfect square.

The square root of 10 is irrational because it is not a perfect square.