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Is 2 and 1/3 a rational number ?why or why not?

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Here, we want to check if the given numbers are rational or irrational

Mathematically, we need to define what rational or irrational numbers are

Rational numbers are numbers that can be expressed in the form a/b

What this means is that they can be expressed as a ratio of two numbers

2 can be expressed as 2/1 while 1/3 is already expressed as the ratio of two numbers

This means that both numbers are rational

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