SOLUTION: Is 17 a real # or an integer

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Question 1052428: Is 17 a real # or an integer
Found 2 solutions by Boreal, Edwin McCravy:
Answer by Boreal(15235) About Me  (Show Source):
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It is both. Real numbers is the broad group of all numbers. It doesn't include the square root of negative numbers, which are complex or imaginary.
Integers are numbers that have nothing after the decimal point. It may be written without a fraction.

Answer by Edwin McCravy(20064) About Me  (Show Source):
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Both. It's also a rational number and a counting number and
a natural number.