Integers (whole numbers) are RATIONAL.
Why?
Well,
a real number a is irrational if and only it cannot be written in lowest reducible form p/q in which p is an integer( - 10000, - 5, 0,1, 32, 34, etc.), and q is a natural number(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, etc.) and they share no common factor besides 1, that's is
there is no number b that is not 1 such that both p and q divides b.
34 is an integer, and we know for any number a
a = 1 x a and 1 = 1 / 1
so
a = 1 x a
a = 1 / 1 x a
a = a / 1
So 34 = 34 / 1.
Now, we have an integer (34) as p, and a natural number (1) as q.
Now you know if it's a rational number or not?
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tan(34 degrees) is an irrational number and so cannot be expressed in fractional form.
An irrational number.