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How many rational numbers lie between 3 and 4?

Class 9Number SystemsNumber Systems
  • AInfinitely many
  • BExactly one
  • CExactly ten
  • DNone

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Between any two distinct rational numbers there are infinitely many rationals (the rationals are dense). For example 3.1, 3.11, 3.111, … all lie between 3 and 4.
Answer: A) Infinitely many

Key idea: Working with irrationals

**Sum/difference of two irrationals can be rational.** Example: .
**Product of two irrationals can be rational.** Example: .
**Sum of a rational and an irrational is always irrational.** is irrational.
**Product of a non-zero rational and an irrational is always irrational.** is irrational.

These facts let you build new irrationals and prove things irrational by contradiction.

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