document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=443415>Question 443415</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> how to turn an irrational number into a rational number<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #305906 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=richard1234><B>richard1234(7193)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=richard1234><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=richard1234><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=305906\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> You can't. There is no way to express an irrational number as a ratio of two integers, because an irrational number is, by definition, a number which cannot be expressed in such a ratio.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You could instead round or truncate the number so that it is rational. For example, e = 2.718281828... is irrational (note the pattern, but it doesn't continue). But we could truncate it to 2.71 and use this as an approximation for e. </SPAN>\n" );
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