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प्रश्न
Define an irrational number ?
उत्तर
An irrational number is a real number that cannot be reduced to any ratio between an integer p and a natural number q.
If the decimal representation of an irrational number is non-terminating and non-repeating, then it is called irrational number.
For example `sqrt3=1.732..........`
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