SOLUTION: What is an irrational number?

Question 550497: What is an irrational number?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
What is an irrational number?
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Irrational means "cannot be expressed as a ratio of integers".
Example:
sqrt(2) cannot be expressed as a ratio of integers.
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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