Rational and irrational have a very specific meaning in mathematics and Pi is an irrational number. How do we know that pi is irrational? It was proven by Lambert in 1761. Here is an explanation on this page that you should be able to understand. There is also a link to the proof (but be warned, the proof requires more than elementary geometry).
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