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(a) Show that there are at least as many irrational numbers (nonrepeating decimals) as the...

(a) Show that there are at least as many irrational numbers (nonrepeating decimals) as there are terminating decimals. [Hint: With each terminating decimal associate a nonrepeating decimal.]


(b) Show that there are at least as many irrational numbers as there are repeating decimals. [Hint: With each repeating decimal, associate a nonrepeating decimal by inserting longer and longer strings of zeros: for instance, with .11111111 ⋯ associate the number .101001000100001 ⋯.]

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