document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=5879>Question 5879</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> is 0.282882888...  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 #3086 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=longjonsilver><B>longjonsilver(2297)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=longjonsilver><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=longjonsilver><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=3086\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> what Abbey wrote is not correct...since 0.33333333333333... is a fraction, namely 1/3 and so rational.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If a decimal repeats, eg 0.128128128128... then it is rational and can be written in the form a/b. However, yours does not repeat, it is just a random combinations of 2 and 8 that does go on for ever (as implied by your 3 dots), so it is not rational.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Jon.<BR>\n" );
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