Answer:
Rational.
Step-by-step explanation:
Since it can be put into a fraction, negative or positive it is clearly rational. Irrational numbers are numbers we can never know the true value because they repeat forever (pi for example)
See attachment for one such shell. The volume is given by the sum of infinitely many thin shells like this, each with radius

and height determined by the vertical distance between the upper blue curve and the lower orange curve for any given

, i.e.

.
The volume is then
Yes, since 50 x 10 = 500.