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A student uses a calculator to find an equivalent decimal value for 17/19 and concludes that this number is irrational. Explain why you either agree or disagree.

User Konservin
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Disagree. The student had a caculator that did not display every decimal place.
(17)/(19) = 0.894736842105263

Since it has a terminating decimal, it is a rational number.

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