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To: navyguy
OK... I’ll say 333.3333333333333333333333... (ad infinitum) I chose this number because, based on who will be burning the cars, it is almost certain that an irrational number of cars will be burned.

Sorry Navy Guy, that is not an irrational number. It's the ratio of the integer 1000 to the intger 3, making it a rational number.

An irrational number cannot be expressed as the ratio of two integers and when expressed in decimal form, the infinite sequence does not repeat.

AF Guy.

64 posted on 05/06/2007 8:32:19 PM PDT by El Gato ("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
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To: El Gato

Yep.... I realized that about a minute after I posted it! But, you know what I meant.


65 posted on 05/07/2007 6:56:28 AM PDT by navyguy (We don't need more youth. What we need is a fountain of SMART.)
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