Consider the following six numbers:

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Consider the following six numbers: 3,  −52,  493,  453,  2.125,  0.3‾3,\;\dfrac{-5}{2},\;\dfrac{\sqrt{49}}{3},\;\dfrac{\sqrt{45}}{3},\;2.125,\;0.\overline{3} (a) Simplify each number, wherever possible. (b) For each number, state the smallest set it belongs to among Natural (N\mathbb{N}), Whole (W\mathbb{W}), Integer (Z\mathbb{Z}), Rational (Q\mathbb{Q}), Irrational (Q′\mathbb{Q}') and Real (R\mathbb{R}). Present your answers in a table with two columns – Number and Smallest Set.

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