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Other = product ÷ known = ; a negative divided by a negative is positive. Check: . ✓ The trap is multiplying instead of dividing, which gives .
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The product of two rational numbers is . If one of them is , find the other.
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Key idea: Closure of rationals
Rationals are **closed under addition, subtraction, and multiplication** — the result is always rational.
But **division is closed only if you exclude division by 0**: for any rationals a and b ≠ 0, a ÷ b is rational.
This is more than integers (which weren't closed under division at all) and more than fractions (which sometimes had subtraction lead outside the fractions). Rationals form the smallest 'nice' number system that supports all four basic operations (with the 0-divisor exception).
But **division is closed only if you exclude division by 0**: for any rationals a and b ≠ 0, a ÷ b is rational.
This is more than integers (which weren't closed under division at all) and more than fractions (which sometimes had subtraction lead outside the fractions). Rationals form the smallest 'nice' number system that supports all four basic operations (with the 0-divisor exception).
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