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: I don't understand the difference between all the properties and how they work. like "every whole number is an integer, true or false, and like, every rational nimber is a integer, true or false," stuff like that. This question is from textbook Bob jones university press, algebra 2 with trigonometry

Answer by darq(90) About Me  (Show Source):
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rational numbers are the numbers that have exact values; it can be a fraction like this 1%2F2 or it can be an integer like -13,0, 9. They are the ones which you can show on number lines.

integers are the members of rational numbers; but they get greater or less by 1:)
for example ...-3,-2,-1,0,1,2,3... they are not fractions :)

fractions are like 3%2F4 or 9%2F5 or in mixed type 13%2F7

so when you combine fracitons with integers you get irrational numbers; just tried to explain it in an easier way.

and irrational (except the rational numbers do not have exact values on the number line for example sqrt%283%29 but we know that it is possible to have a number.

rational numbers + rational numbers = real numbers (you can think it as the biggest)

and one more imagenary numbers are the ones except the real ones and whatever you do it is impossible to find a solution. like sqrt%28-2%29 (no number can have a negative square)