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WhichIs 9.56556555... a rational or irrationalnumber? Highlight the correct answer below.181a)Whicha) Rational numberb) Irrational numberthat ap

WhichIs 9.56556555... a rational or irrationalnumber? Highlight the correct answer-example-1
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Option B is correct.

9.56556555... is an irrational number.

Explanation

Rational numbers are numbers that can be expressed as a clear fraction consisting of the numerator and the denominator both being integers.

The decimal form or decimal expansion of a rational number terminates after a particular/finite number of digits (e.g., 0.25, 0.762 etc.) or begins to repeat/recur the same sequence over and over again (e.g., 0.333..., 0.267267... etc)

Anything other than these two rules, the number is regarded as an irrational number.

The number given is 9.56556555...

The dots indicate thst the numbers after the decimal point conbtinue till eternity.

Observing the numbers after the decimal point for the given number, one can see that 565 repeats once and then the number after the second 565 is 55, indicating that the 565 doesn't recur till infinity.

Since the numbers after the decimal point doesnt contain a finite number of digits and the numbers don't recur till infinity, we can conclude that 9.56556555... isn't a rational number.

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