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What is 17 1 5 as an improper fraction PS 17 is a whole number?
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Why is the multiplication of rational numbers always result in a rational number?
It follows from the closure of integers under addition and multiplication.Any rational number can be expressed as a ratio of two integers, where the second is not zero. So two rational numbers may be expressed as p/q and r/s.A common multiple of their denominators is qs. So the numbers could also have been expressed as ps/qs and qr/qs.Both these have the same denominator so their sum is (ps + qr)/qs.Now, because the set of integers is closed under multiplication, ps, qr and qs are integers and because the set of integers is closed under addition, ps + qr is an integer.Thus the sum has been expressed as a ratio of two integers, ps + qr, and qs and so it is a rational number.
Why is the difference between two rational numbers always a rational number?
Suppose x and y are two rational numbers. Therefore x = p/q and y = r/s where p, q, r and s are integers and q and s are not zero.Then x - y = p/q - r/s = ps/qs - qr/qs = (ps - qr)/qsBy the closure of the set of integers under multiplication, ps, qr and qs are all integers,by the closure of the set of integers under subtraction, (ps - qr) is an integer,and by the multiplicative properties of 0, qs is non zero.Therefore (ps - qr)/qs satisfies the requirements of a rational number.
Is 20 an abundant number?
Yes 20 is an ABUNDANT number because 1+2+4+5+10=22 and that is more than 20. PS how to find and ABUNDANT number is to add up all its factors. :)
What numbers make 82 in addition?
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