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.33333333333333~ is an irrational number

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That's not true.

If
x=0.333\ldots, then
10x=3.333\ldots. Then
10x-x=9x=3, so that
x=\frac39=\frac13.

Or perhaps you meant exactly
0.33333333333333, which is just
(33333333333333)/(10^(14)).
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