Prove that is irrational.
That is, we can find coprime a and b (b ≠ 0)
Since a and b are integers, we get is rational, and so
is rational.
But this contradicts the fact that is irrational.
This contradiction has arisen because of our incorrect assumption that is rational
So, we conclude that is irrational.
Without actually performing the long division, state whether the following rational numbers will have a terminating decimal expansion or a non-terminating repeating decimal expansion:
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Without actually performing the long division, state whether the following rational numbers will have a terminating decimal expansion or a non-terminating repeating decimal expansion: