Question

is -17 a rational number or irrational number

Answer 1

A rational number is a number that you can write as a fraction of two integers.

-17 = -17/1, -34/2, etc.

-17 is rational.

Irrational numbers, like pi and sqrt(2), cannot be written as a fraction of integers.

Answer 2

Answer:

rational

Step-by-step explanation:

if a number can be written as a fraction,  where p and q are integers and q is a non-zero number