document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=476717>Question 476717</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Is the number 2.03003000300003...  where the pattern of adding another 0 before the next 3 continues forever rational or irrational?  I recognize there is a  pattern so my feeling is that it is rational.  However if it is rational I should be able to turn it into a fraction with an integer as numerator and a nonzero integer in the denominator. Am I right and is the process of converting difficult? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #326863 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=stanbon><B>stanbon(75887)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=stanbon><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=326863\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> It is a pattern, but it is not a repeating pattern.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "No interval of digits repeats endlessly.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore the number is not rational.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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