SOLUTION: is .252525....... rational or irrational

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Question 537319: is .252525....... rational or irrational
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Rational.
Repeating decimals can be solved for fractions, integer/integer.
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1n = 0.252525...
100n = 25.2525...
1n = 0.252525...
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99n = 25
n = 25/99, which is rational