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Interesting, irrational numbers.

Irrational number - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

On the OQ, I believe most circles have area that is an irrational number. But not all.

You may read that "all" circles have area that is an irrational number, e.g. here is a blogger at
Plato's Heaven: Can't square a circle
who states "all circles have a circumference and an area which is irrational."

But that seems evidently false to me. Suppose radius r = sqrt ( X / pi ) where X is any rational number. Then area is X = pi * r^2 and is, almost definitionally, a rational number.

Seems like an example of not believing everything you read on the Internet.

Does anyone see something wrong in my logic?
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