can someone tell me if this is an irrational or rational number

-155.233333333

3 answers

a repeating decimal is not an irrational number in general, even if the first few digits are not part of the pattern.
100 n=-15523.3333333
10 n = -1552.3333333

100n-10n = 90 n = -13971

n = -13971 / 90
155.233