Why isn’t pi a rational number when it’s circumference/diameter?

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I remember asking my math teacher this when we first learned irrational number but they said they didn’t know. Not sure if it’s just a stupid question or not.

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A rational number is one that can be expressed as the ratio of two integers. Pi cannot be expressed as the ratio of two integers. For any circle, either the diameter or circumference must be irrational, or both.

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