When written as decimals, irrational numbers do not terminate or repeat ??!
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When written as decimals, irrational numbers do not terminate or repeat ??!

[From: ] [author: ] [Date: 12-09-04] [Hit: ]
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The decimal representation of sqrt(2) is
sqrt(2) = 1.414213562.............................…
The sequence of digits do not repeat but is still infinite.

Just one more thing before I sign off. If you enter 1/3 on the calculator you will get the result
1/3 = 0.33333333..........
here the single digit 3 repeats ad infinitum. To show that this is indeed the case, let
x = 0.33333333...............
Then on multiplying both sides by 10, we get
10x = 3.33333333..........
Subtracting both sides of the first equation from the second:
10x - x = (3.33333333..........) - (0.33333333..........)
9x = 3
x = 3/9 = 1/3
Voila! No trickery. This is how it works.

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It means that the number has an infinite number of digits after the decimal and those numbers are not repeating, like 33.333 which repeats (1/3)

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do not terminate or repeat means they go on and on infinitely with no pattern eg sqrt(2), or pi
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