SOLUTION: what makes a number to be called irration?

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Question 241319: what makes a number to be called irration?
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if c is a number and you can't find two integers, a and b, such that a/b or b/a equals c, then c is irrational.

irrational means it is not rational.

rational means it can be expressed as a ratio of two integers.

irrational means it can't.


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