SOLUTION: what is the smallest set of real numbers to which 1/5 belongs?

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Question 704496: what is the smallest set of real numbers to which 1/5 belongs?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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1/5 is both rational and real. The rational set is smaller than the real number set, so I would say that the smallest set 1/5 belongs to is the set of rational numbers.

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