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Can you ever use a calculator to determine if a number is irrational or rational?

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Yes.

All rational numbers are either terminating or repeating decimals. This means that they either end or the decimal repeats the same digit or digits infinitely. An irrational number will never end and will not have a pattern to its digits.

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