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Is 2.4 rational or irrational

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Answer:

2.4 is a rational number.

Explanation:

The decimal in fraction form is the improper fraction 12/5.

That improper fraction is a ratio of two integers which is 12 and 5. The "12" is being divided by the "5".

Definitions and Examples:

Rational numbers: can be made by dividing an integer by an integer. Ex: 2.4, 1/2, 3/4, 1/5. The number "0" can is also included and can be expressed as "0/1, 0/100" etc. *This doesn't include 1/0, 2/0, etc. Those are not included because they'll give us infinite number of values

On the other hand,

irrational numbers: any real number that cannot be expressed as the quotient of two integers. (Ex:
\pi)

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