document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=923229>Question 923229</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hello, <BR>\n" );
document.write( "  I'm Hannnah. I think it's so sweet that you guys do this. So, here's my problem: I'm homeschooled and I'm suppossed to be in 8th grade. But I don't know anything about that level of math.There's so many questions that I have to ask. (By the way if you know of a way I could ask questions about other subjects that would be great.) But I know I can only ask one per email...  So! How do you figure out whether or not a number/problem is rational or irrantional? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #583009 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=EdenWolf><B>EdenWolf(517)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-10.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=EdenWolf><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=EdenWolf><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=583009\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hello, Hanna! :) <BR>\n" );
document.write( "A Rational Number is basically a real number that can be written as a simple fraction (i.e. as a ratio).<BR>\n" );
document.write( "For example...<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > would be <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=5%2F1 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"5%2F1\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1.75 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1.75\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > would be <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=7%2F4 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"7%2F4\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=-0.1 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"-0.1\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > would be <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=-1%2F10 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"-1%2F10\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1.5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1.5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > would be <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3%2F2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3%2F2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Well, what about <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=sqrt%282%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"sqrt%282%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >? You can't write that as a ratio/simple fraction. Thus, it is called an irrational number. And there are many more such numbers, and because they are not rational. This is why it is called \"irrational\".<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Pi (&#960;) is a famous number that is irrational. It goes on forever.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I hope I helped, please, feel free to ask me if you have any more questions.<BR>\n" );
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