Q57 of 110 Page 242

State whether the statements are True or False.

The quotient of two rationals is always a rational number.

False


Let’s take 1 and 0 as two numbers,


Both of these are rational numbers but their division is not defined.


⇒ = not defined


Also, is not a rational number as q = 0.


Hence, The quotient of two rationals is not always a rational number.


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