SOLUTION: identify the sets of nunbers to which each givin number belongs. -2.7 choices: rational munbers irrational numbers whole numbes, integers, rational numbe

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Question 207766: identify the sets of nunbers to which each givin number belongs.
-2.7
choices: rational munbers
irrational numbers
whole numbes, integers, rational numbers
natural numbers, whole numbers, integers, rational numbers

Answer by rapaljer(4671) About Me  (Show Source):
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-2.7 is a rational number, since it is expressed as a terminating decimal. It is NOT a natural number, whole number, integer. It is NOT an irrational number. It is also a REAL number, but that was not one of the choices.

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Dr. Robert J. Rapalje
Seminole State College
Florida