Is -3/5 a rational number?

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Shwetank Mauria
Apr 17, 2016

It is a rational number.

Explanation:

Any number which can be expressed as a ratio of two integers (the denominator being non-zero) is a rational number.

As the number #-3/5# is the ratio of two integers #-3# and #5# (or #3# and #-5#), it is a rational number.

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