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Which of the following statements is true about the number
(30)/(2)?

- It is contained in the set of rational numbers, but it is not contained in the set of natural numbers, whole numbers, integers, or irrational numbers.
- It is contained in the set of irrational numbers and rational numbers, but it is not contained in the set of natural numbers or whole numbers.
- It is contained in the set of natural numbers, whole numbers, integers , and rational numbers, but it is not contained in the set of irrational numbers.
- It is contained in the set of whole numbers and rational numbers, but it is not contained in the set of irrational numbers or integers.

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Answer:

(c) - It is contained in the set of natural numbers, whole numbers, integers, and rational numbers, but it is not contained in the set of irrational numbers.

Explanation:

The improper fraction (a rational number) reduces to 15, a whole number, natural number, and integer. A ratio of integers is never an irrational number.

The best description is the third one:

- It is contained in the set of natural numbers, whole numbers, integers, and rational numbers, but it is not contained in the set of irrational numbers.

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