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If you want to use a rational number for a mathematical operation, it will be necessary to estimate it for a numerical outcome. Irrational Numbers can't be written out exactly.

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Why might you need to be able to estimate an irrational numbers?

Because rational numbers aren't able to be notated precisely in decimal form. They don't stop.


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