What type of numbers can be expressed as the ratio of two integers?
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Rational numbers
A rational number is any number that can be expressed as a ratio of two integers, where the denominator is not zero. While they seem numerous, there are actually infinitely more 'irrational' numbers, like Pi, than there are rational ones.
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