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Which is a irrational number
A. 0.277277277.....
B.0.333....
C.0.7
D.3.14

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A) This is a repeating decimal which means it is possible to write it in the form p/q where p & q are integers and q is nonzero. So we can rule out choice A.

B) Similar to the answer choice above, we have another repeating decimal. So we can rule out choice B.

C) This is a terminating decimal. It does not go on forever. We can write this as a fraction (0.7 = 7/10). So we can rule out choice C.

D) This is also terminating so it seems like your teacher made a typo. What I'm thinking is that the 3.14 was meant to be a decimal that goes on forever without a pattern. This is a well known number called pi. I'm assuming that's what your teacher was going for.

So I'd go with choice D as the answer.


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User Karl Monaghan
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D. Because since Pi never ends, it would be impossible to turn it into a fraction.
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