SOLUTION: How do you show that the number is rational by writing it as a quotient of two integer?

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Question 13581: How do you show that the number is rational by writing it as a quotient of two integer?
Answer by longjonsilver(2297)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
the act of writing a number as a fraction of 2 integers IS the definition of a rational number.

That is all you have to do to prove a number is rational.

Jon.

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