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Is pi rational or irrational?

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Pi is irrational because it cannot be written as a fraction.
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Pi is irrational
An irrational number is a number that is never ending and never repeating, and cannot be expressed as a fraction. These are numbers like √2 or √6. Since pi is both never ending, never repeating, and cannot be written as a fraction, we know that pi must be irrational.

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