Question

what is a rational numbers?

Answer 1

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Rational number is a number which is in the form of p/q ,p and q is integer and q is not equal to zero.

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Answer 2

In mathematics, a rational number is any number that can be expressed as the quotient or fraction x/y of two integers, a numerator x, and a non zero denominator y. Since y may be equal to 1, every integer is a rational number.
A real number that is not rational is called irrational.  
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