SOLUTION: out of the following, choose the MOST specific category of numbers to describe the number of days until your next vacation (not including half days) (A) integers (B) natural number

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Question 77837: out of the following, choose the MOST specific category of numbers to describe the number of days until your next vacation (not including half days) (A) integers (B) natural numbers (C) rationall numbers (D) irrational numbers
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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If you are counting whole days, you are going to use positive whole numbers (not decimals or fractions) so you would use natural numbers. Natural numbers are what the name suggest - natural. When you count items you use natural numbers, so it comes naturally to most people. So the answer is B