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Which number produces a rational number when added to 1/5?

Which number produces a rational number when added to 1/5?-example-1

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The answer would be D. -2/3 .

User Hardik Patadia
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D is the correct answer.

When you add fractions, the answer is always rational.
1/5+-2/3= 3/15-10/15 = -7/15

A B and C are all irrational because they are nonterminating and nonrepeating decimals, which cannot be represented as a ratio of two integers. When you add a fraction to an irrational number, the result is still irrational.
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