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Is 11.5 rational or irrational

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11.5 is a rational number
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Answer:

11.5 is a rational number

Explanation:

First let's see the definition of rational and irrational.

Rational number is a number that can be written in the form of
(p)/(q), where q≠0.

There rational numbers have the terminating or non terminating decimals with repeating the pattern.

For example:
(1)/(3) = 0.33333.....

You can see that 3 is repeating non terminating decimals.

Irrational number is a number with non repeating decimals.

For example:
(22)/(7) = 3.142857...

The given number is 11.5 which is terminating decimal number.

Therefore, 11.5 is a rational number.

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