document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1208268>Question 1208268</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> is -5 irrational? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Answer: No, it's not irrational\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Reason: We can write -5 as -5/1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Since we have a fraction or ratio of two integers, it proves that -5 is rational.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "An irrational number is something like pi = 3.14... that cannot be written as a fraction of two integers.<BR>\n" );
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