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Why is the ratio of two integers always a rational number?

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Answer: Rational numbers are numbers that can be written as a ratio of two integers.

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Answer: By definition, that is why they are called rational. They usually look like fractions: an integer in the numerator and an integer in the denominator.

Step-by-step explanation: Decimal equivalents of fractions are also rational numbers. Some decimal equivalents are not actually rational because the values they represent are not rational. For example: Pi. and the square roots of most integers 2,3,5,6...

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