SOLUTION: classify as rational, irrational, or complex.. 3

Question 476896: classify as rational, irrational, or complex..

3
Found 2 solutions by MathLover1, richard1234:
Answer by MathLover1(20849) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

a rational number is any number that can be expressed as the quotient or fraction a/b of two integers;
your number can be expressed as the quotient or fraction as ; so, it is rational
Answer by richard1234(7193) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
3 is rational, because it is a ratio of two integers. It is also complex because 3 can be located in the complex plane (and written as 3+0i) -- complex numbers do not have to have a nonzero imaginary part.
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