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Is -2 rational or irrational?

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-2 is rational

This is because every negative integer is a negative rational number.

We know that -1 = -1/1, -2 = -2/1, -3 = -3/1, -4 = -4/1 and so on …….

In other words, any negative integer n can be written as n = n/1, here n is negative and 1 is positive.

So, negative 2 is rational.

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Answer:

Rational

Explanation:

Rational. It can be expressed as a fraction, which is the definition of a rational number.

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