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Ciara Mcdaniel

Ciara Mcdaniel

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2022-07-15

Why 22 / 7 is a rational number and π is irrational number?

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Tamia Padilla

Tamia Padilla

Beginner2022-07-16Added 16 answers

The two numbers π and 22 / 7 are not equal, so there's no contradiction in one being rational and the other irrational.

Sometimes you use 22 / 7 as a number "fairly close" to π, but:
π = 3.14159265... While
22 / 7 = 3.14285714...

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