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What is the smallest rational number

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Answered by gohansaiyan

it's not defined as there no number is the smallest

aryan163: Thx

medha7: Any number which is in the form of p/q and where p nd q are integers

gohansaiyan: mam

saurabhmagar33owez83: vote 1 vote. A proof by contradiction is rather simple: Assume that thesmallest rational number exists and is of the form: a/b. Then note that we can define a/(b+1), which is rational as it is the quotient of 2 integers, and is strictly smaller than a/b as its divisor is greate

gohansaiyan: yes sir this can be also possible

Answered by Kriti05

Assume that Q is the smallest positive rational number but then clearly Q2 is also rational number and zero is smaller than Q2 and Q2 is smaller than Q then note that we can define a divided by b + 1 which is rational as it is questient of Two integers and is strictly smaller than a divided by b as its divisor is Greater..
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I hope this will help..........

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