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Is the difference of two positive rational number always positive?
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∙ 8y ago
no example 2-3=-1 it can be positive: 3-2=1
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Is the difference of a rational number and an irrational number always ratioal?
No, it is always irrational.
What is greater a negative or positive rational number?
A positive rational number.
When a negative number is subtracted from a positive number is the difference always positive?
Yes, a negative number subtracted from a positive number will always be positive. Subtracting a negative number is the same as adding the opposite of the negative number. The opposite of a negative number is always positive. A positive number plus a positive number is always positive.
Is it true that The difference of two rational numbers always a rational number?
Yes. The rational numbers are a closed set with respect to subtraction.
What is greater zero or any positive rational number?
There is no simple answer:Zero is smaller than any positive number.Zero can be larger or smaller than a rational number.A rational number can be larger or smaller than a positive number.
Is a rational number always a positive?
No.
Which is larger a positive rational number or a negative rational number?
Any positive number is always bigger than a negative number - whether they are rational or irrational.
Is the difference of a rational number and an irrational number always ratioal?
No, it is always irrational.
Is the square of -8 a rational number?
The square of a negative number is always positive. The square of -8 = 64, a rational number
What is the negative of a negative rational number?
It is the positive value of that rational number.
The difference of two rational numbers is always a rational number?
Yes, that's true.
What is greater a negative or positive rational number?
A positive rational number.
Is the reciprocal of any positive or negative integer always a rational number?
Yes, it is.
Are the square roots of all positive integers irrational If not give an example of the square root of a number that is a rational number?
The square root of any positive square number is always rational as for example the square root of 36 is 6 which is a rational number.
When a negative number is subtracted from a positive number is the difference always positive?
Yes, a negative number subtracted from a positive number will always be positive. Subtracting a negative number is the same as adding the opposite of the negative number. The opposite of a negative number is always positive. A positive number plus a positive number is always positive.
Every positive rational number and its negative pair?
Every positive rational number and its negative are the two square roots of the same positive rational number.
Is it true that The difference of two rational numbers always a rational number?
Yes. The rational numbers are a closed set with respect to subtraction.
