8/9 is a rational number because it can be expressed as a ratio of two integers.
In decimal form, 8/9 is a nonterminating/nonrepeating decimal.
8/9 is a (rational, irrational) and a (repeating, terminating, or nonterminating/nonrepeating) decimal.
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but isn't 8/9 a repeating decimal?
You are correct, I apologize for the mistake in my previous response. 8/9 is indeed a repeating decimal. When 8 is divided by 9, the decimal representation is 0.888... with the digit 8 repeating infinitely. Thank you for catching that error.