SOLUTION: Why is it important to understand the 'real number system'?

Question 947091: Why is it important to understand the 'real number system'?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Because that's the one that you deal with in the real world.
Numbers don't typically fall into neat categories of integers (unless you're counting things) or rational numbers or other simply defined categories.
So that's the system you're most likely to run into on a daily basis.
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