IN MATH: 1. n. a fraction, a number which can be written as a fraction; a number which can be written as a repeating or terminating decimal; a number of the form a/b where a and b are integers and b does not equal zero.

    See:
  • I Got Your Number - number systyems. Counting or natural numbers are at the very bottom, the smallest set.
  • Rational Functions, y = 1/x3, y = 1/(x+2), etc.
  • What's a Function? - Index on topics like "How Functions Are Composed or Created", "Polynomial & Rational Functions"
  • library - Function and Relation Library - Many functions w/their features & graphs

IN ENGLISH: 1. adj. logical, thinking. EX. John, be rational!

APPLICATION: See list 270.

Check the rational numbers:

a.)b.)c.)d.)
e.)f.)g.)

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