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What is the definition of an irrational number?

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459 views asked Nov 10, 2013 by Mark E a Novice (18 points)

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Any real number that cannot be expressed as a ratio a/b, where a and b are integers and b is non-zero.

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A real number that cannot be written as a simple fraction - the decimal goes on forever without repeating.

Example: Pi is an irrational number.

answered Feb 25, 2014 by Sian B a Novice (2 points)

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