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Rational numbers are numbers which can be written in the form of a/b where a and b are integers. The given statement that "the sum of two rational numbers is always rational".
What is a rational number?
Rational numbers are numbers which can be written in the form of a/b where a and b are integers.
Example: 1/2, 3.5 (which is writable as 7/5), 2(which is writable as 4/2), etc.
What is an irrational number?
Irrational numbers are those real numbers which are not rational numbers.
For example √2, π, √13, etc.
It is important thing to Know that all natural numbers are integers, and all integers are rational numbers. That means natural numbers are not irrational.
Since rational number include integers and finite decimal numbers, also the decimal are non-repeating and non-reoccurring. Therefore, the sum of two rational number is always rational.
Hence, the given statement that "the sum of two rational numbers is always rational".
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