Question

Part A: Find a rational number that is between 5.2 and 5.5. Explain why it is rational.

Part B: Find an irrational number that is between 5.2 and 5.5. Explain why it is irrational. Include the decimal approximation of the irrational number to the nearest hundredth.

Answer 1

A) 5.3 or 5.4, they are rational because they are not a decimal that keeps going on or infinite.
B) 5.3631086471905673.... this is an irrational number because it keeps going or its infinite.