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Define irrational numbers with an example.

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Any real number which cannot be expressed in the form of pq, where p and q are integers, can be called irrational number.
Irrational numbers cannot be expressed in the form of terminating or repeating decimals.
Some common examples of irrational numbers are pi, square root (2), cube root (3) etc.

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