I am wrong in thinking the circumference or the diameter of a circle has to be rational?

  • JoBo
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    10 months ago

    Irrational numbers can be rounded to whatever degree of accuracy you demand (or your measuring instrument allows). They’re not infinite, it just requires an infinite number of decimal places to write down the exact number. They’re known to be within two definite values, one rounded down and one rounded up at however many decimal places you calculate.