A number is rational if it is the result of a fraction.
Take any number, if you can write it down as a fraction, then that number is rational.
Example: 2,5 is rational because it's 5/2.
A number is irrational if it's real and IS NOT rational.
Example: pi is irrational, e is irrational and also
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