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Is 16.5 a rational or irrational number

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a rational number can be expressed by a fraction, if you cant is am irrational number

so

16.5 can by expressed like


(165)/(10)

so is a rational number, you can simplify the fraction


(165)/(10)\longrightarrow(33)/(2)

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