SOLUTION: is -144/4 a real number? I know it can reduce to -36, so that is what is confusing me...

SOLUTION: is -144/4 a real number? I know it can reduce to -36, so that is what is confusing me...

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Question 740089: is -144/4 a real number? I know it can reduce to -36, so that is what is confusing me...
Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Real Numbers include:
Whole Numbers (like 1,2,3,4, etc)
Rational Numbers (like 3/4, 0.125, 0.333..., 1.1, etc )
Irrational Numbers (like ,sqrt(3), etc )
Real Numbers can also be positive, negative or zero.
so, your answer is: is a real number
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