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rational number - a number that can be expressed as the quotient or fraction p/q of two integers
A rational number is such that when you multiply it by 7/3 and subtract 3/2 from the product, you geA rational number is such that when you multiply it by 7/3 and subtract 3/2 from the product, you get 92. What is the number?
Let the rational number be x. We're given:
7x/3 - 3/2 = 92
Using a common denominator of 3*2 = 6, we rewrite this as:
14x/6 - 9/6 = 92
(14x - 9)/6 = 92
Cross multiply:
14x - 9 = 92 * 6
14x - 9 = 552
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x = [B]40.07[/B]
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Prove sqrt(2) is irrationalUse proof by contradiction. Assume sqrt(2) is rational.
This means that sqrt(2) = p/q for some integers p and q, with q <>0.
We assume p and q are in lowest terms.
Square both side and we get:
2 = p^2/q^2
p^2 = 2q^2
This means p^2 must be an even number which means p is also even since the square of an odd number is odd.
So we have p = 2k for some integer k. From this, it follows that:
2q^2 = p^2 = (2k)^2 = 4k^2
2q^2 = 4k^2
q^2 = 2k^2
q^2 is also even, therefore q must be even.
So both p and q are even.
This contradicts are assumption that p and q were in lowest terms.
So sqrt(2) [B]cannot be rational.
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Prove the sum of any two rational numbers is rationalTake two integers, r and s.
We can write r as a/b for integers a and b since a rational number can be written as a quotient of integers
We can write s as c/d for integers c and d since a rational number can be written as a quotient of integers
Add r and s:
r + s = a/b + c/d
With a common denominator bd, we have:
r + s = (ad + bc)/bd
Because a, b, c, and d are integers, ad + bc is an integer since rational numbers are closed under addition and multiplication.
Since b and d are non-zero integers, bd is a non-zero integer.
Since we have the quotient of 2 integers, r + s is a rational number.
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X is such that X belongs to rational numbers and X is less than or equal to 1 and greater than 0X is such that X belongs to rational numbers and X is less than or equal to 1 and greater than 0
Greater than 0 means we don't include 0
0 <
less than or equal to 1 means we include 1:
[B]0 < x <= 1[/B]