SOLUTION: Which of these sets of numbers does 17.2353617 belong to? Natural numbers Whole numbers Integer Rational numbers Irrational numbers Real numbers

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Question 84828: Which of these sets of numbers does 17.2353617 belong to?
Natural numbers
Whole numbers
Integer
Rational numbers
Irrational numbers
Real numbers

Answer by rapaljer(4671) About Me  (Show Source):
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The number 17.2353617 is clearly a REAL number. It is also either a RATIONAL or an IRRATIONAL number. If the number is considered to be a TERMINATING decimal (that is, the number ends as it is given with 617), then this is a RATIONAL number. However, if this number does not end with 617, but rather, it continues with no particular pattern, then this is an IRRATIONAL number.

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