Defining Irrational
Three students react to the textbook definition of irrational numbers with confusion, a flood of questions, and fainting.
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[Definition] "An irrational number cannot be expressed as a ratio of integers."
A: "Riddle me not, Sphinx! What do you MEAN?!"
B: "WHAT'S 'IRRATIONAL' WHAT'S 'EXPRESSED' WHAT'S 'INTEGERS' WHAT'S 'CANNOT'"
C: "*gulp* I… uh… *faints*"