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An '''irrational number''' is a number, that when expressed in decimal notation, never terminates nor repeats and cannot be expressed as a fraction. Examples are <math>\pi, \sqrt{2}, e, \sqrt{32134},</math> etc.
An '''irrational number''' is a number that when expressed in decimal notation, never terminates nor repeats, and cannot be expressed as a fraction. Examples are <math>\pi, \sqrt{2}, e, \sqrt{32134},</math> etc.





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An irrational number is a number that when expressed in decimal notation, never terminates nor repeats, and cannot be expressed as a fraction. Examples are $\pi, \sqrt{2}, e, \sqrt{32134},$ etc.


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