SOLUTION: Is 1.82 rational or irrational?

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Question 1091353: Is 1.82 rational or irrational?
Found 2 solutions by MathLover1, addingup:
Answer by MathLover1(20850) About Me  (Show Source):
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1.82 is a rational number
its rational representation:91%2F50

Answer by addingup(3677) About Me  (Show Source):
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Rational numbers are those that can be expressed as a fraction.
1.82 is rational:
1.82/1 = 182/100 both numerator and denominator are divisible by 2:
91/50 no further simplification is possible. This is your answer.
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There is one other thing you must know and it is that 91/50 can be written as a mixed number because 91 is bigger than 50:
50 goes into 91 1 time and a fraction; so we have 1 (91-50)/50 = 1 41/50.
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Happy learning,
John