Question #9644a

2 Answers
Nov 11, 2017

There are no integer numbers between #89# and #90#
but there are infinitely many rational (or real) numbers in this range.

Explanation:

Between #89# and #90#
we have
#color(white)("XXX")88 1/2#
#color(white)("XXX")89 1/3, 89 2/3#
#color(white)("XXX")89 1/4, 89 3/4#
#color(white)("XXX")89 1/5, 89 2/5, 89 3/5, 89 4/5#
and so on....

Nov 11, 2017

Depends

Explanation:

It depends if you are taking the numbers only till integers, which range from #-oo ... 0 ... +oo#, they only take numbers which are not fractional, or have decimals,
For example, 12,-3,45,154,-63252 are integers, #1/2,5/3,5 9/12# are not integers, they go to rational numbers.

So,
If you take only integers, there are no numbers b/w 89 and 90,
But if you take rational numbers, there are infinite numbers of numbers b/w 89 and 90
For example,
#268/3,269/3,446/5,449/5#
The more you increase the denominators, the more numbers come in b/w