which of the following is an irrational number-1 5/29 0.343434
The irrational number from the options given is 0.343434.
To determine if a number is irrational, we need to understand what an irrational number is. An irrational number is a number that cannot be expressed as a fraction and its decimal representation goes on forever without repeating.
Out of the options provided:
1) The number 1 is not an irrational number. It can be expressed as a fraction, 1/1, and its decimal representation is 1.000000...
2) The number 5/29 is also not an irrational number. It is a fraction, which can be written as a ratio of two numbers, and its decimal representation is 0.17241379310344827586206896...
3) The number 0.343434 is a repeating decimal, but it is a rational number. It can be expressed as the fraction 38/111.
Therefore, out of the options given, none of them are irrational numbers.