Which statement is true about the difference 2 square root of 7 − square root of 26?

it is rational and equal to −2.
it is rational and equal to 0.
it is irrational and equal to −2 square root of 7.
it is irrational and equal to square root of 7.

“Sqrt” will represent square root. Apologies for the lack of TEX - I’m on mobile.

To find 2sqrt(7) in a different way, we can first take that 2 is the square root of 4, so we can have sqrt(4)sqrt(7)=sqrt(28). Thus, 2sqrt(7)-sqrt(26)>0. Next, given that, our only remaining possibility is then sqrt(7). However, in order for that to be true, we must factor values out such that (2)(sqrt(7))-(sqrt(7))=sqrt(7). However, sqrt(26) is not equal to sqrt(7), and we can therefore not factor that out to make the function equal to sqrt(7) and we therefore have no correct answer given.

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