SOLUTION: how can you show that each number is a rational number?

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Question 315895: how can you show that each number is a rational number?

Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Each number is NOT a rational number.
Rational numbers can be written in the form a/b
where a and b are integers and b is not zero.
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Lots of numbers cannot be written in that form.
A bunch of them are called irrational numbers.
Examples are: sqrt(2), sqrt(3), pi, e, sqrt(any number that is not a perfect square) .....
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Cheers,
Stan H.