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When a number is rounded is rational or irrational

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When a number is rounded that means it has a definitive stopping point. Once a number stops, it is a rational number. For example, pi is irrational because it goes on forever, but if you round it to 3.14 it can be written as a fraction (
(314)/(100) and is, therefore, rational.
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