SOLUTION: tell weather the number is rational or irrational. 1. 0.12 2.2(pie) 3. √12 4. 0.3691215182124 5. 1/2 √8

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Question 634848: tell weather the number is rational or irrational.
1. 0.12
2.2(pie)
3. √12
4. 0.3691215182124
5. 1/2 √8

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
1) 0.12 is rational

2) 2(pie) is irrational

3) √12 is irrational

4) 0.3691215182124 is irrational

5) 1/2 √8 is irrational


Remember that a number is rational if you can represent it as a fraction of integers (or whole numbers).

Since , it is rational. The other problems cannot be represented as fractions of integers. So they are irrational.

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