document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=989164>Question 989164</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> what is 2.4396 repeating? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "It is repeating because it is irrational number.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Note that irrational numbers are those numbers that can not expressed as fraction.i.e they do not take the form;<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=a%2Fb ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"a%2Fb\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >where a and are integers and b is not equal to zero.<BR>\n" );
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