document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=465348>Question 465348</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Determine if the following real number is both composite and rational, both prime and rational, only rational or only irrational.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "PIE ; like 3.14159265359 </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #318920 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=318920\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The number is obviously neither composite nor prime (those words are reserved for integers only), and pi is not a rational number. It is only irrational, and like the other tutor said, it is transcendental, meaning it cannot be the root of any polynomial with rational coefficients. </SPAN>\n" );
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