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Richie says that 2.141441444…is a rational number. lisa disagrees.

a. who is correct?
b. What is the likely cause of the error?

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It is a irrational because it’s a non terminating decimal
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Answer is

a) Lisa is correct
b) 2.141441444… is not a terminating decimal which means it cannot be turned into a fraction. This means it is irrational
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