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Is 8/5 rational or irrational?

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A rational number is any number or numerical value which can be possibly stated in a fraction form of numbers, it basically has a numerator and denominator. Furthermore, the values of the numerator and denominator is integers and doesn’t equal to 0. In this given case of 8 over 5 or 8/5 this fractional number can still be expressed in a standard numerical form with a decimal as 1.6 without repeating decimal values. Unlike irrational numbers which is not possible, take for instance 3.1416… and so on which cannot be “fractionized”.



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A rational number is a number that can be that can be expressed as fraction. If the two integers are p and q, where
q \\eq 0, then
(p)/(q) is a rational number.

So, 8 and 5 are integers, so then 8/5 is a rational number.

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