What is the set of numbers to which #-5/12# belong?

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Shwetank Mauria
Nov 4, 2016

It is a rational number.

Explanation:

Rational numbers are those numbers which can be written as #p/q#, where #p# and #q# are integers and #q!=0#.

As, #-5/12# belongs to the set of rational numbers, as it is a ratio of two integers #-5# and #12#, of which latter is not zero.

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