What type of number cannot be written as a fraction , where p and q are integers and q is not equal to zero?

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What type of number cannot be written as a fraction
where p and q are
integers and q is not equal to zero?
O A. A rational number
O B. An irrational number
O C. All numbers can be written in this way
O D. A decimal
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Transcribed Image Text:Question 2 of 10 What type of number cannot be written as a fraction where p and q are integers and q is not equal to zero? O A. A rational number O B. An irrational number O C. All numbers can be written in this way O D. A decimal SUBMIT
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Irrational numbers are those number which can't be expressed in pq form.

we can write any number in pq form except irrational number.

example,

10 is real number which can be written as 101

10.1 is decimal number which can be written as 10110

and rational number are always available in form of pq

 

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