SOLUTION: How many rational numbers are there between 0 and 1? Justify your answer.

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Question 620970: How many rational numbers are there between 0 and 1? Justify your answer.
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There are an infinite number of rational numbers between any two rational numbers. For example, consider



And



In between which we find



And



And so on forever. Anytime you yell "Stop! We have come to the end." I can just add another zero to the denominator.


John

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