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Irrational Numbers

An irrational number is a number that can't be expressed by a fraction having integers in both its numerator and denominator. While their existence was once kept secret from the public for philosophical reasons, they are now well accepted, yet still surprisingly hard to prove on an individual basis. Please post all questions about irrational numbers, including the famous examples of π, e, and √2, into this category.

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Is -8 a irrational number?

Negative 8, which can also be written as -8, is a irrational l number. How?

Irrational numbers are numbers that are not rational, and -8 is not rational.

Is 3 over rational or irrational?

3/10 is rational. Rational numbers are numbers that can be written as a fraction. Irrational Numbers cannot be expressed as a fraction.

Is the square root of 4 rationall or irrational?

The square roots of 4 are +2 and -2. The first one is the same as +2/1 and the

second one is the same as -2/1 .

Since each one is the ratio of two integers, they're both rational numbers.

What is the deifition for irrational number?

An irrational number is a number that is not rational. A rational number is a number that can be expressed as the quotient of two integers, the divisor not being zero.

Is 20 irrational?

20 is not irrational because it can be represented in the form a/b, where a and b are whole numbers and b is not 0.

Where are irrational numbers used?

Pi is used in work with circles or ellipses. For example, how far a car will move in one rotation of its tyre. That may seem a silly question but that is how the odometer works.

Irrational square roots will occur in many measurements. The diagonal of a square or the principal diagonal of a cube will always be irrational. That will also be the case for most rectangles and cuboids.

The number e has many uses in advanced mathematics.

In art and architecture, the Golden Ratio is an irrational number. The Fibonacci sequence, which crops up in nature in many situations, is closely related to the Golden Ratio.

These are some examples.

Is the square root of -9 a natural whole integer rational or irrational number?

It is none of those because the square root of -9 is an imaginary number but the square root of 9 is 3 which is a rational integer or whole number

What is a data set with both rational and irrational numbers?

The set comprised of the square roots of the positive integers between 1 and 20 is.