Question

Tom is drying to write 3/61 as a decimal . He used long division and divided until

he got the quotient 0.0491803279, at which point he stopped. Since the
Decimal doesn’t seem to terminate or repeat , he concluded that 3/61 is not rational.
Do you agree or disagree! ! Select answer
Complete the explanation for your choice
The definition of a rational number is a number that can or cannot
be written as a ratio of two integers with a
denominator Select) equal or not equal
to zero, which
Select) describes or does not describe 3/61
Tom would need to keep dividing to find a
repeating pattern or have the decimal terminate

Answer 1

You disagree with Tom saying that the number is rational.

Explanation:

A rational number is any number that can be represented as a fraction. An irrational number is just the opposite.

Knowing this, Tom literally converted a fraction into a decimal which means the number is rational.

Now, your question format is hard for me to understand so use my explanation that best fits your answer choices.