Question

Is 11.5 rational or irrational

Answer 1

11.5 is a rational number

Answer 2

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.