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Question 104
Give one example each to show that the rational numbers are closed under addition, subtraction and multiplication. Are rational numbers closed under division? Give two examples in support of your answer.

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We know that, rational numbers are closed under addition, subtraction and multiplication. We can understand this from the following examples. Rational numbers are closed under addition.
e.g. 47+12=8+714=1514, which is a rational number.
Subtraction
e.g. 4712=8714=114, which is a rational number
Multiplication
e.g. 47×12=414=27, which is a rational number
But rational are not closed under division. If zero is excluded from the collection of rational numbers, then we can say that rational numbers are closed under division.

Now, we see the examples given below
47÷12=47×2=87, which is a rational number
But 47÷0=47×10
which is not defined and so, it is not a rational number.
Also, 12÷0=12×10
which is not defined and so, it is not a rational number.

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