Why do we need to distinguish between rational and irrational numbers? What’s the importance of knowing where they fall between the two?

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Why do we need to distinguish between rational and irrational numbers? What’s the importance of knowing where they fall between the two?

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Same as between non-integer rational numbers and integers. Or between even numbers and odd numbers. There are differences between them, and interesting patterns.

Most of maths involves looking for interesting patterns in things, or poking at things to see what happens.

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