document.write( "Question 686571: iS 17.65 WITH A REPATEND BAR OVER THE 65 RATIONAL OR IRRATIONAL. I SAY RATIONAL SINCE IT IS REPEATING. THANK YOU. \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "it \"is\" a rational number because it has a \"predictable\" pattern of digits, it \"is\"\"+periodic\" number\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "an irrational number has decimal expansions that \"neither\"\"+terminate\" nor \"become\"\"+periodic\"
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