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A repeating decimal is a real number?

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Yes repeating decimals are real numbers.

They can fall under the category of rational numbers under real numbers since their repeating decimal patterns allows them to be converted into a fraction.

Nonreal numbers are imaginary numbers which are expressed with i, or sqrt(-1).

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