Question

What is meant by rational & irrational number definiton & expalantion?

Answer 1

a rational number is anynumber that can be expressed as the quotient or fraction p/q of two integers, a numerator p and a non-zero denominator q. Since q may be equal to 1, every integer is a rational number.
An irrational number is a number that cannot be expressed as a fraction for any integers and . 
Irrational numbers have decimal expansions that neither terminate nor become periodic. ... Numbers of the form are irrational unless is the th power of an integer.

Answer 2

Answer:

Irrational numbers are numbers that cannot be expressed as the ratio of two whole numbers.

This is opposed to rational numbers, like 2, 7, one-fifth and -13/9, which can be, and are, expressed as the ratio of two whole numbers.

When expressed as a decimal, irrational numbers go on forever after the decimal point and never repeat.

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