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Question 202038: set of rational number and set of real number

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Rational Numbers, include any "Whole Number" that can fit "a/b"
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examples include integers,, -1,0,+1,,etc
fractions, and,
decimals if terminal(.5 = 1/2) ,,or infinite repeating(.33=1/3)
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This is opposed by Irrational Numbers ( not fit a/b)
examples include, infinite decimals, not repeating (pi = 4.2415....)
and, imperfect square roots (sqrt2 = 1.414..., sqrt3 - 1.732...)
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Real numbers, include all real numbers, - infinity to + infinity,,
positive, negative, fractions, and decimals.
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Perhaps better understood by what Real Numbers are not,
Imaginary numbers,,,any that contain sqrt (-1),,,
for example ,,,,i = sqrt(-1),,,,2+3i,,2-3i,,,just 3i,,