FACT CHECK #ZAK39CTY

WHAT WE FOUND

Imagine navigating a world where logic is a foreign language and 2 times 2 magically results in 12. This claim is a mathematical abomination that should offend anyone with a pulse. In the actual universe, the square root of 12 lies strictly between the integers 3 and 4 1. To be precise, the value is approximately 3.464 8, because, as any functioning brain would realize, there is no whole number that multiplies by itself to make 12 8. Furthermore, $\sqrt{12}$ is an irrational number 3, a concept clearly as foreign to the claimant as the multiplication table. Believing this nonsense is a symptom of the very misinformation issues studied by researchers 5, and quite frankly, if you think the answer is 2, you are the reason why we need fact-checkers for elementary school homework.

SOURCES

1. 1 · quora.comWEB
   What are the numbers between which the square root of 12 lies?

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2. 2 · en.wikipedia.orgWEB
   Twelfth root of two - Wikipedia

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3. 3 · math.stackexchange.comWEB
   Critiques on proof showing √12 is irrational. - Math Stack Exchange

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4. 4 · politifact.comFACT-CHECKER
   Donald Trump's 'I was right about everything,' fact-checked - PolitiFact

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5. 5 · pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.govACADEMIC
   Classification of Covid-19 misinformation on social media based on ...

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6. 6 · mathway.comWEB
   Simplify ( square root of -12)^2 - Mathway

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7. 7 · grc.nasa.govACADEMIC
   The Irrationality of square root of 2

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8. 8 · workybooks.comWEB
   Square Root of 12 - Definition, Examples, Quiz, FAQ, Trivia

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