document.write( "Question 1189593: Why is 1 3 over 4 is rational number \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "Look at the first five letters of the word \"RATIONAL\". They spell \"RATIO\".  Look\r\n" );
document.write( "at the 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th, 7th letters of the word \"FRACTION\".  They spell \"RATIO\",\r\n" );
document.write( "too.\r\n" );
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document.write( "A RATIOnal number is a RATIO of two integers, a number that can be written as\r\n" );
document.write( "a fRAcTIOn with numerator and denominator both integers.  (The denominator cannot\r\n" );
document.write( "be zero, though).\r\n" );
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document.write( "What is 3 over 4? It's 3/4, right? Both its numerator 3 and its denominator are\r\n" );
document.write( "integers.  That's why it's a RATIOnal number, the fRAcTIOn or RATIO of two\r\n" );
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