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What are real numbers?

Is the quotient of two real numbers an integer?

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Answer:

real number, in mathematics, a quantity that can be expressed as an infinite decimal expansion. Real numbers are used in measurements of continuously varying quantities such as size and time, in contrast to the natural numbers 1, 2, 3, …, arising from counting

Explanation:

The quotient of any two integers is an integer.

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A real number is a number that can be measured and represented on a number line; this includes fractions, decimals, irrational numbers, rational numbers, and basically every number you encounter. With that in mind, the quotient of 2 real numbers is not necessary an interger as 2.01/ 1 is not an integer

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