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Is 5/7 a rational number? explain

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Yes, 5/7 is rational sense it is a fraction where both it's numerator and denominator are integers.

User Alfred Luu
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No, 5/7 is a non rational number. If you divided by 5 by 7 u would get a non repeating and non terminating number and for a number to be rational it has to terminate or repeat.
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